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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

About four million elementary and high school students in the Philippines attend extremely crowded public schools. In a few cases, one classroom has to accommodate over one hundred students in shifts throughout the day. This is far from the ideal target of 45 students per classroom. A shortage of buildable land was identified as the most critical i… Read more

In 2018, the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) STEM Education Regional Workshop brought together 50 YSEALI members from across ASEAN countries to promote STEM education among youth. Participants in the workshop had an opportunity to participate in informational sessions, discussions on STEM education and challenges, and break-out se… Read more

If you produce data, publish it. If you have data, use it. If you don’t have data, demand it. On March 3, Open Data Day Nepal 2018 with as theme ‘Open Data For Everyone’ was celebrated at Patan Durbar Square and Museum. The day was jointly organized under the banner of Open Nepal by Accountability Lab, Bikas Udhyami, Center for Data Journalism, Fre… Read more

The Asia Foundation’s office in Myanmar from 1958-1962 provided wide-ranging support for the country’s political, economic, social, and educational institutions. We re-established a resident country office in Yangon in 2013, working with partners in government, the private sector, and civil society to address Myanmar’s critical needs as it continue… Read more

The Asia Foundation honored Mrs. Akie Abe for her commitment to advancing women’s empowerment in Japan and Asia, notably in Myanmar at the inaugural Lotus Leadership Awards Dinner in San Francisco on February 21. Colorful Girls also received a Lotus Leadership Award for empowering adolescent girls in Myanmar. Business leaders, philanthropists, and… Read more

In 2017 The Asia Foundation polled more than 10,000 Afghan citizens from all 34 provinces. The findings of the 13th Survey of the Afghan People emerge amid the escalation of attacks in Afghanistan and the U.S. Administration’s new strategy for the South Asia region. In this challenging research environment, the annual Asia Foundation Survey is the… Read more

The recent escalation of attacks in Kabul underscores the crucial questions of security, economic stability and reconciliation that still confront President Ashraf Ghani and CEO Abdullah Abdullah, despite the significant progress Afghanistan has made. Those questions and other pressing issues facing the country are the subject of The Asia Foundatio… Read more

In 2017 The Asia Foundation polled more than 10,000 Afghan citizens from all 34 provinces. The findings of the 13th Survey of the Afghan People emerge amid the escalation of attacks in Afghanistan and the U.S. Administration’s new strategy for the South Asia region. In this challenging research environment, the annual Asia Foundation Survey is the… Read more

How do conflict and violence affect Asia? What are their roots, and how have they evolved within countries over time? What countries are particularly prone to different forms of conflict and violence? To attempt to answer these questions, The Asia Foundation launched The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia, which contains evidence-based analyses… Read more