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The Myanmar Times analyzes key findings from the Asia Foundation’s 2018 City Life Survey. The first of its kind in Myanmar, the City Life Survey is a multi-year, multi-city public perception survey focused on the experience and well-being of country’s urban residents. More than 35 percent of Myanmar households are not ready to shell out K200,000 (U… Read more

Bloomberg interviews former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea and Asia Foundation Trustee Kathleen Stephens on the recent U.S.- DPRK Nuclear Summit held in Hanoi, Vietnam.

This month, The Asia Foundation partnered with BASAbali to host a translation event at Balai Bahasa, the national language agency. The event brought together 25 government language ambassadors, professional teachers of Balinese, and BASAbali’s linguists to translate, edit, and publish 50 children’s books created by Let’s Read communities across Asi… Read more

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt interviews The Asia Foundation’s country representative in Vietnam Michael DiGregorio in a report on the U.S.-DPRK Nuclear Summit in Hanoi.

The Asia Foundation announces the appointment of Todd Wassel as country representative in Laos. Prior to this appointment, Wassel served as the Foundation’s country representative in Timor-Leste, where he managed programs that help build responsive state institutions to prevent crime and conflict through community-oriented policing and strengthenin… Read more

The Asia Foundation announces the appointment of Pauline Tweedie as country representative in Timor-Leste. With over 20 years of experience working across Asia in the international development sector, Tweedie oversees a country team focused on good governance, reducing violence against women, promoting peace and justice and building an inclusive ec… Read more

On February 23, with support from Development Initiatives, The Asia Foundation’s Data for Development (D4D) program hosted Nepal’s inaugural Women in Data conference. The conference theme was “where two superpowers meet,” bringing together female speakers, data professionals, and aspiring young women to discuss the achievements of women in data, an… Read more

Urban residents report high trust and infrastructure improvements, but worry about safety and security. According to a new survey released today by The Asia Foundation, urban residents in Myanmar’s cities report strong social cohesion and personal relationships. Trust is high, people are very charitable, and people say they are willing to make pers… Read more

9:30-11:00 AM Most developing countries in the Indo-Pacific region have experienced extraordinary growth and transformation over the past three decades, with many having reached, or now poised to reach, Advanced Middle Income Country (AMIC) status—spanning $4,000 to $20,000 GNI per capita. Despite general optimism regarding their continued progress… Read more

9:30 am – 11:00 am Online platforms have the ability to shift the power for economic and social development into the hands of people who need it most. Hundreds of millions of people in the Asia Pacific are already using platforms to connect and trade with each other and are now leveraging digital services to help households access finance, health a… Read more