Gantulga Ganbaatar
Gantulga Ganbaatar has worked in The Asia Foundation’s office in Mongolia since 2014. He started as a project officer at the Foundation, working on many different initiatives and issues such…
Governance
Pandemic Dramatically Alters Path of Migrant Workers
As the pandemic drove economies into crisis in 2020, Asia’s overseas migrant workers were among the first to lose their jobs. With up to half a million unemployed migrants coming home, Nepal faces some tough reintegration challenges.
Back-to-Back Spikes of Covid Wrack India, Nepal
In the three years before the pandemic, South Asia registered the world’s highest rate of economic growth. Now, as a ruinous second wave of Covid-19 sweeps through the region, all of that appears to be undone.
Shifting Parameters of Civic Space in Southeast Asia
A recent investigation of the health of civic spaces in Southeast Asia finds them increasingly constrained by government, internally fragmented, starved for funding, and divided by generation.
Data Challenge Leverages Local Expertise in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
Twenty-one unique data-driven solutions for a range of development challenges in the Philippines’ Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) were recognized during the BARMM Virtual Data Challenge 2020 Awards…
Subnational Governance in Nepal Quarterly Newsletter – Issue 8
The Subnational Governance Program in Nepal (SNGP) (स्थानीय सरकार सबलीकरण काययक्रम) is implemented through a strategic partnership between the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and The Asia…
GovAsia – More than the Sum of Their Remittances
Welcome to Issue 1.2 of GovAsia. Published four times a year, GovAsia provides a platform for The Asia Foundation and its partners to examine the critical social, economic, and political…
Cross-Border Trade in the Southern Philippines Amidst Covid-19
Beginning in March 2020, governments across the region introduced movement restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of Covid-19. While health measures were implemented with the intention of protecting citizens, they…
Stanford Social Innovation Review Highlights Foundation’s Development Entrepreneurship Model
The Standford Social Innovation Review spotlights The Asia Foundation’s development entrepreneurship model in successfully driving reforms in the Philippines. The Asia Foundation was able to facilitate two significant reforms. First,…
Mapping of Data on Human Trafficking in Sri Lanka
An initial data mapping of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) data reporting and recording mechanisms was conducted in 2018. The mapping of government stakeholders included members of the National Anti-Human Trafficking…
The Asia Foundation Releases Study on Covid-19 & Women in the Economy in South Asia
A new report series, Covid-19 & The New Normal for Women in the Economy in South Asia, provides strong empirical evidence that the economic impact of the pandemic is expected…
Aid and Recovery in Post-Earthquake Nepal: November 2019 (Phase 5)
The Independent Impacts and Recovery Monitoring (IRM) project is a longitudinal mixed-methods study that was initiated immediately after the April-May 2015 earthquakes in Nepal to systematically monitor patterns of recovery…