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Al Jazeera cites the 2018 Survey of the Afghan People in an analysis of security and environmental challenges in the city of Kabul. According to the Asia Foundation’s 2018 survey of the Afghan People, 55.4 percent of residents in the province of Kabul said their access to clean drinking water was worsening. A further 47.1 percent of respondents sai… Read more

11:30 am – 1:30 pm Embassy of Australia 1602 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 2020 will mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which calls for women’s full and equal participation in peace and security processes and incorporation of gender perspectives in all peacekeeping initiatives and post-conflict… Read more

The Irrawaddy features key findings of The Asia Foundation’s 2019 Myanmar Business Environment Index. The Irrawaddy spoke with Jon Keesecker, Myanmar Business Environment Index project manager, about the report’s key findings, the effects of favoritism on Myanmar’s economy, transparency, the significant obstacles to doing business in Myanmar and po… Read more

We know that a child’s passion for reading better predicts their academic success than their family’s socioeconomic status. Children who develop a love of reading are more likely to read better, write better, build their vocabulary, and comprehend more in their reading. Sharing books in a household and talking with children about these stories… Read more

Multicultural TV (다문화), a Korea-based news channel, features The Asia Foundation’s Kyung-sook Lee in an interview on Books for Asia’s Let’s Read Book Concert held on June 17 in Seoul.

Trump and Modi: Prospects for US-India Buren Sharing For nearly two decades, there has been a steady advance in relations between the United States and India. Refuting skeptics on both sides, the two nations have overcome significant internal political and bureaucratic resistance to advance the relationship. But as a new government takes charge in… Read more

Bloomberg TV Mongolia features The Asia Foundation’s Mongolia Country Representative Mark Koenig in a televised interview on business ethics at the “Compliance Forum 2019” in Ulaanbaatar on June 18.

On June 17th, the Let’s Read E-Book Concert at the Seoul Global Cultural Center celebrated the publication of new multicultural stories for children that promote reading and sharing of cultures. The Book Concert is part of a larger project supported by the MoneyGram Foundation, Seoul Metropolitan Government, and The Asia Foundation that included ch… Read more

In partnership with the World Green Economy Organization, the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and the International Solar Alliance, The Asia Foundation co-organized the 2019 Asia Pacific R… Read more

Tolo News features insights from Asia Foundation Afghanistan Country Representative Abdullah Ahmadzai in a televised interview on the voter registration process in Afghanistan. The voter registration process for the upcoming presidential elections was kicked off on Saturday in which the Independent Election Commission (IEC) will not use the biometr… Read more