Indonesia is the most linguistically diverse nation in Asia, yet unfortunately its education system...
Category - Aid and Asia
Questioning the Asian Century
In his new book Asian century… on a knife-edge, John West challenges the popular proposition that...
Indonesian women as ‘hidden financial managers’
Ibu Theresia from Kupang has a small kiosk in front of her house. Her husband says that he turns...
Rebuilding education and peace in Mindanao
Ella, not her real name, was allegedly caught as an ‘amazon’ or woman fighter for the MNLF [Moro...
Enhancing educational outcomes in conflict affected Muslim...
The program The Basic Education Assistance for Muslim Mindanao – Autonomous Region of Muslim...
The bicycling broom sellers of Hanoi
I am in Hanoi, a guest of CARE, the international development agency, with a small group of staff...
Young people’s political engagement and the future of Timor-Leste
The citizens of Timor-Leste are heading towards their parliamentary elections, scheduled for July...
Participatory budgeting at the local level in Nepal
On 29 May, the government of Nepal released its annual budget for the fiscal year 2017/18 (that...
Does the Beijing Consensus have anything to do with foreign aid?
The last sentence of the Stephen Howes and Robin Davies’ excellent piece ‘Trump and development:...
Tobacco trouble: Asia and the Pacific in the spotlight
Latest analysis of the prevalence and implications of tobacco smoking in 195 countries gives some...