Inclusive Growth

About this Program

Amid rapid economic and industrial transition across Asia and the Pacific, we strive to ensure that all people have access to the future skills they need and that governments craft policies that foster inclusive growth, leaving no one behind.

Program Outcomes

  • Expanded economic opportunities through reading and digital literacy skills, education reform, STEM, and workforce development
  • Stronger policy measures for continued economic growth in Advanced Middle Income Countries
  • Improved business environment for private sector growth and job creation
  • Increased societal benefits through entrepreneurship, partnerships, and innovation

How We Work

Critical Reforms to Bangladesh’s Leather Sector

Under its partnership with the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the Foundation has played a catalyzing role in the relocation of the leather tanning industry from central Dhaka—where it was heavily polluting the Buriganga River—to a new, environmentally-compliant industrial estate outside the city.

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Recent Publications

Digital Trade Agreements in Asia and the Pacific

Digital trade agreements (DTAs) are instrumental in expanding the benefits of the digital economy in emerging Asia. Moreover, economies in Asia and the Pacific have been the key architects of…

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Latest Across Asia and the Pacific

  • YSEALI Workshop in Indonesia Gathers ASEAN Youth to Shape Sustainable Cultural Tourism 

  • 2023 William P. Fuller Fellows (L-R): Shruthi De Visser (Sri Lanka), Maryam Rayed (Afghanistan), Nan San Nwe (Myanmar)

    The Asia Foundation Announces 2024 Class of William P. Fuller Fellows in Peacebuilding

  • Applications Open for 2025 Asia Foundation Development Fellows

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