On June 17, The Asia Foundation will honor His Excellency U Thura Shwe Mann, speaker of the lower house of Myanmar’s parliament, at Foundation headquarters for a special breakfast hosted by President 
Posts By Johan Kharabi
Asia’s Rising Middle Class
January 26, 2011
Asia is undergoing a profound economic transformation – as the region’s resistance to the global financial downturn in 2008-09 demonstrated. Amid continued sluggish global performance in 2011, regional growth is set to remain robust – albeit less so than in 2010 – with China (9.1%) and India (8.7%) expected to lead the pack.
Topics: Economic Development
Countries: China | India | Malaysia | Philippines | Thailand
In 2011, Hard-Earned Resilience Will Carry Asia’s Economies through the Crisis
January 5, 2011
One year ago in this blog, Asia Foundation chief economist Bruce Tolentino expressed “cautious optimism” about the prospects for global recovery and Asian growth in 2010. His positive prediction for Asia was more than fulfilled, in spite of a dispiriting lag in U.S. recovery and severe economic crises in the Eurozone. In 2010, Asia’s diverse [...]