PROGRAM SNAPSHOTS

Since launching in 2021, the USAID ERAT (Effective, Efficient, and Strong Governance) Program has been actively collaborating with the government of Indonesia to improve public service delivery. Now in the second year of the program implementation, USAID ERAT undertook a comprehensive series of internal reflections and planning processes involving… Read more

The Asia Foundation in the Philippines joins Rappler for this year’s Manila Social Good Summit on September 16, 2023 at the Samsung Hall, SM Aura Premier, Taguig City, Philippines.   The Summit brings together citizens, tech and thought leaders, and reform advocates working in the Philippines and globally toward the 2030 sustainable devel… Read more

Forward Bangsamoro, now in its fourth year, is a six-year project funded by the USAID and implemented by The Asia Foundation. The project’s mission is to enhance local governance in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) by strengthening the capacity of legislatures and key government institutions, supporting policy development… Read more

The Asia Foundation’s experts furthered high-level discussions on the Care Economy at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum in Seattle. At the forum, Elizabeth Silva and Ankita Panda highlighted the Foundation’s key role in conducting research, convening key stakeholders, and translating insights into action to transform the car… Read more

In the development sector, centers of power have historically been rooted in the global north, while global south partners are often limited to supporting or implementation roles. This inequity extends to the research profession, where local researchers may be prevented from accessing resources, decision-making, and credit for their work Peripheral… Read more

In Indonesia, one of the factors behind the low literacy rate among children is a lack of access to interesting reading materials. Schools need to implement engaging reading into their curriculum to grow reading habits in the country. In episode 23 of Merdeka Curriculum, “High-Quality Children Books for Indonesia’s Literacy,” the Ministry of Educat… Read more

Ensuring children have books in their local language that reflect their lives is essential to the learning journey. On August 8 and 9, seven retired schoolteachers with 100 years of teaching experience united to translate 21 books from the Let’s Read Cat and Dog series from English into the iTaukei language.   Through the Let’s Read partnershi… Read more

A team from The Asia Foundation’s Bangladesh office visited Stockholm, Sweden, on June 2023 to take part in H&M Foundation’s Global Change Award Week. The Foundation is operating as the backbone organization for Oporajita: Collective Impact on Future of Work  – a collaborative initiative of 11 implementation organizations, initiated by H… Read more

Forest degradation presents a significant risk to food security, communities’ livelihood in rural areas, and climate change. In many world regions, women are not given equal access to forest resources and are seen as irrelevant to formal forest management and decision-making. By engaging civil society, the youth, and women can play a vital role as… Read more

The Asia Foundation and the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition – Nepal (ISET-Nepal) jointly launched a report on the challenges facing Nepal’s small transboundary rivers. Challenges in Nepal’s Small Transboundary Rivers highlights the implications of environmental degradation in the Chure Basin, which has led to cross-border natural… Read more