Asia Foundation Development Fellows Instructions and Guidelines
August 1, 2022Instructions and guidelines for applying to the Asia Foundation Development Fellows program.
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Peripheral Vision: Views from the Borderlands – Spring 2022
July 28, 2022PERIPHERAL VISION: Views from the Borderlands illuminates how political, security, and socioeconomic developments affect the people living in contested borderlands and, conversely, how border dynamics shape change and transition at the national level. In this issue, we cover: The Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis And Responses In Cox’s Bazar: Five Years On In The Wake Of The Military Coup, Sudan’s Rebel Groups…
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Development Letters (April – June 2022 Issue)
July 7, 2022Development Letters aims to promote ideas with important policy and practical implications for a developing country like Bangladesh. This publication provides a platform to introduce thought-provoking ideas on broad development issues through short and concisely-written articles that are comprehensible to policymakers and development practitioners. This present issue contains nine articles that include, amongst others, some practical ideas for improving the…
Supporting feminist leaders through investing in collective care: Lessons from Bin-Alin Hakbi’it Malu (Sisters Empowering Each Other) Phase 1
June 29, 2022BAHM (Bin-Alin Hakbiit Malu – Sisters Empowering Each Other) is a leadership development program developed jointly with The Equality Institute and directly funded by Nabilan, a program addressing violence against women in Timor Leste. It takes an intersectional perspective and supports Timorese feminists to continue their transformational work of trying to change power structures and inequalities while building their strengths…
Go Digital ASEAN: Regional Impact Summary
June 26, 2022Launched in June 2020, the Go Digital ASEAN initiative was designed to broaden digital participation to more than 200,000 people from rural regions and underserved communities—including women-led small- and micro-businesses, underemployed youth, ethnic minorities, and people with disabilities— in the ten ASEAN Member States – to create a more inclusive ASEAN region. The USD$3.3M regional initiative was spearheaded by The…
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Pacific Islands
June 14, 2022As we expand our programs in the Pacific Islands and re-establish our office in Suva, Fiji, The Asia Foundation is building on decades of on-the-ground experience in the region. Areas of focus include supporting Pacific solutions to Pacific challenges—working with respected leaders, local NGOs, and women’s leadership and agency on climate action and disaster management; enhancing digital opportunities and cybersecurity;…
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The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Inequalities in Asian Cities: Focus on Working Mothers in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
June 13, 2022The Asia Foundation, in partnership with Kore Global, led an eight-city qualitative research project to explore the multidimensional impacts of Covid-19 on marginalized groups across five Asian countries. Each of these country reports focused on the experiences of a particular group of urban residents. These included: Working mothers with school-age children in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Female micro-business owners in Khulna City,…
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The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Inequalities in Asian Cities: Focus on Tourism Workers in Vientiane, Vang Vieng, Pakse and Luang Prabang, Lao PDR
June 13, 2022The Asia Foundation, in partnership with Kore Global, led an eight-city qualitative research project to explore the multidimensional impacts of Covid-19 on marginalized groups across five Asian countries. Each of these country reports focused on the experiences of a particular group of urban residents. These included: Recently unemployed workers in the tourism sector in Luang Prabang, Pakse, Vang Vieng and…
Timor-Leste Safety, Security, and Justice Perceptions Survey, 2022
June 10, 2022In 2022, The Asia Foundation conducted its sixth nationwide survey to capture general public and community leader perceptions of safety, security, and justice in Timor-Leste. These surveys generate empirical data that can be used by policymakers, the police, researchers, and development organizations to respond to people’s experiences and perceived challenges of security and justice, with a view to strengthening the…
Border Towns, Markets and Conflict
June 6, 2022This report aims to amplify a grounded understanding of the everyday reality of communities in fragile border areas and how conflict shapes their lives. The six towns in this report—covering the borders of Afghanistan–Pakistan, Myanmar–Thailand, South Sudan–Ethiopia, South Sudan–Sudan, Syria–Turkey, and the Yemen–maritime border—illustrate the complexity of political economies in border areas affected by conflict and fragility. Together, the report…
