The Asia Foundation Updates

This research project explores the peace process surrounding the 2015 Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. It focuses on the successes and failures of international support for peacebuilding at that time,...

by Kelsey Harris, Ankita Panda, Florencia Caro Sachetti, Kinza Hasan, Eleanor Blomstrom and Foteini Papagioti This note is a co-publication of the Center for Global Development, the Asia Foundation,...

The Asia Foundation is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2024. For seven decades, we have partnered with change-makers from government, civil society, the private sector, and academia to solve some...

March 20, 2024 By Tabea Campbell Pauli and Tasnia Khandaker Prova Bangladesh is facing a climate emergency. Although it is one of the world’s least polluting nations, it is already experiencing some...

Lead researcher: June Nilian Sang Contributors: Victor Biak Lian, Dan Seng Lawn, Adam Burke, Tabea Campbell Pauli, Nathan Shea, Rebecca Crisp Design: Deddeaw Laosinchai Executive Summary The violent...

Polarized politics, democratic deficits, rampant online hate speech, unprecedented global security risks. In this turbulent era, how do peace campaigners and grassroots mobilizers bridge bitter...

The numerous challenges to Nepal’s education sector brought forth by the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the need for a resilient education system. The pandemic had an immediate and long-term impact on...

Manila, 26 May 2023 – The SaferkidsPH Consortium, composed of UNICEF, The Asia Foundation, and Save the Children Philippines in partnership with the Australian Government congratulates the...

April 19, 2023 By Ajay K. Singh and Kanika Jha Asia and the Pacific have emerged as the most disaster-prone regions in the world. From typhoons in the Philippines and heat waves blanketing South Asia...

By Adam Burke Uncertainty over the future is rising on the world stage. The war in Ukraine, geopolitical tensions between China and Western nations, the threat of economic recession, political...

By Milika Sobey In a region of water abundance, why don’t people have clean, safe water? In the Pacific Islands, only 55 percent of people have access to basic drinking water, and just 30 percent...

By Syed Abbas Hussain As the Covid-19 contagion spread indiscriminately around the globe, it seemed to hit the most vulnerable communities discriminately: poor families were pushed further into...

By Asinur Reza Dreaming of better fortune for his family, “Hasan” left his remote Bangladeshi village for a job in Saudi Arabia. To pay for his trip, his family sold their only resource, a small...

Statement for SaferKidsPH consortium The SaferKidsPH consortium, composed of UNICEF, The Asia Foundation, and Save the Children Philippines, in partnership with the Australian Embassy, lauds the...

In India, cases of trafficking in persons (TIP) have risen since 2019 alongside a dip in conviction rates. This raises valid questions on the existent gaps in the screening and identification process...

By Aparna Achuthan Natural disasters can strike anyone, anywhere, but they have a disproportionate impact in the developing world. Developing nations lose an average of 1 percent of GDP each year to...

By Suswopna Rimal and Prashamsha Simkhada Human trafficking remains stubbornly entrenched in Nepal, which has emerged as a source, a destination, and a transit point for domestic and international...

By Tabasum Akseer Almost nine months after Western forces and aid agencies left Afghanistan, this poverty-stricken country is facing an acute humanitarian crisis. The economy, long dependent on...

March 30, 2022 By Hygeia Chi and Kathline Tolosa Before the pandemic, one in every four Filipino women had experienced domestic violence, but when Covid-19 struck the country, the number of cases...

By Kate Francis, Priya Dhanani On March 8, the world marks International Women’s Day, a holiday that originated with the dauntless labor movements of the early twentieth century, when thousands of...