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The longest-running barometer of Afghan opinion, the Survey of the Afghan People is a map of social change over time, presenting a clear picture of the gains and gaps that Afghans perceive in a rapidly transforming nation. Now on its fourteenth edition, the Survey has gathered the views of more than 112,000 Afghans since 2004 on… Read more

The longest-running barometer of Afghan opinion, the Survey of the Afghan People is a map of social change over time, presenting a clear picture of the gains and gaps that Afghans perceive in a rapidly transforming nation. Now on its fourteenth edition, the Survey has gathered the views of more than 112,000 Afghans since 2004 on security, elections… Read more

  In September 2018, the Asia Foundation Development Fellows arrived in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. for a two-week leadership exchange program, commencing with the Leaders on the Frontlines: Asia’s Changemakers of Today and Tomorrow Award Dinner honoring Eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon and Asia’s next-generati… Read more

On September 11th, The Asia Foundation and Salesforce presented an executive roundtable luncheon featuring Ban Ki-moon, eighth secretary general of the United Nations and president & chair, Global Green Growth Institute. Senior executives from San Francisco met with Secretary Ban to discuss topics and trends, including the need for global… Read more

On September 11th in San Francisco, The Asia Foundation honored His Excellency Ban Ki-moon for his significant leadership in international development; the legacy of Chang-Lin Tien; and the 2018 Asia Foundation Development Fellows. Award-winning broadcast journalist Sydnie Kohara emceed the evening’s program, “Leaders on the Fro… Read more

The Development Fellows program reflects The Asia Foundation’s six-decade tradition of investing in the region’s most promising future leaders. Each year, the program selects 12 emerging leaders under 40 from across Asia, working on the frontlines on Asia’s most critical development challenges. Today, for example, fellow Kotchakorn Voraakhom is sol… Read more

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 3:00-4:30 PM Community-based mediation is a proven alternative or complementary mechanism for resolving conflict and ensuring equal access to justice in countries that face a combination of capacity, time and cost, and social and cultural constraints that limit public access to formal legal services. In Asia, mediated di… Read more

Over 1.4 million high school students in grades 11 and 12 underwent the 2017-2018 Work Immersion program. This program offers a simulated workplace experience so students can develop industry-based competencies to improve their employment prospects. The Asia Foundation’s Coalitions for Change (CfC) program worked with the Department of Education, o… Read more

In the Philippines, the traditional Alternative Learning System (ALS) was primarily focused on basic literacy, accreditation, and equivalency. The Department of Education saw the need to enhance the ALS program to best cater to out-of-school youth who are seeking employment. Using the successful industry linkage approach of Coalitions for Change in… Read more

The Women’s Business Center Incubator Project (WBC Project) addresses a critical demand from women entrepreneurs to receive day-to-day professional and high-quality business support and development. The Center provides services in an enabling environment that fosters women’s entrepreneurship and supports small and medium businesses.services cover a… Read more