The Millennium Development Goals and the Changing World after 2015
For many people, at least 1.7 billion people in Asia and the Pacific, opportunities from the MDGs have not yet materialized.
Do We Know What Inclusive Growth Really Means?
Most definitions do not fully capture the concept of inclusive growth. To be useful, such a definition must include several key elements.
Asia’s Poor Need Stronger Social Protection
Well-designed and targeted social protection programs, and particularly safety nets for the disadvantaged, deliver high returns in terms of poverty reduction.
New ILO Standard Sets the Floor for Social Protection
In 2012, the International Labour Organization (ILO) called on its 185 members to ensure that everyone in need has access to essential health care and basic income security.
Inclusive and Green Growth: Why is it So Elusive?
“Inclusive growth” and “green growth” are two buzzwords that we often hear in the development sphere nowadays. This is not surprising since these two form key part of many development strategies. While Asia has done extremely well in expanding its economies in the last two to three decades, rapid growth has brought with it rising inequality—within and across countries. It has also badly damaged the environment along the way.
Make Migration Work for Asia’s Displaced People
More effort and resources need to be invested in making migration a tool of climate change adaptation rather than accepting it as a failure to adapt.
How Disasters in Asia Affect the Economy
Asia and the Pacific accounts for half of the estimated economic cost of disasters over the past 20 years.