In recent years, a new challenge has emerged for economic development and integration in the Asia...
Category - Aid and Asia
Creating synergy to address tuberculosis in Indonesia
Tuberculosis (TB), an airborne disease caused by a bacterium, is the ninth highest cause of death...
Diplomacy will have more weight in China’s foreign aid program
In March this year, the Chinese government announced its decision to establish an international...
Language matters: language and learning in Bima, Indonesia
Indonesia is the most linguistically diverse nation in Asia, yet unfortunately its education system...
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...