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Southeast Asia and Pacific
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Southeast Asia is suffering the worst drought in decades

Poor rains mean rice price is set to rise

Muslim society
Edith Koesoemawiria

Act of bravery

Financial problems are the main reason for divorce in Indonesia

Social life
Edith Koesoemawiria

Ida’s story

Divorced women tend to be excluded from social life, and the pressure to remarry is great

Authoritarian attitudes
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Chains coming?

Rodrigo Duterte, the president-elect of the Philippines, loves to swear and threaten to kill people

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Dictators are not normally benign

No, China does not prove that authoritarian rule is useful

Asia
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Multilateral banks honeymoon

The first co-financing effort looks promising, but ADB and AIIB may yet become fierce adversaries

Social and environmental standards
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Let’s race to the top

NGOs praise ADB for environmental and social safeguards but want better implementation

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

ADB and AIIB share interest in infrastructure

Changing landscape of development finance

Minorities
Christopher Minko
Bophea Smith

The power of sports

Playing in a team fosters disabled athletes’ health, self esteem and social integration

Comment
Mirco Kreibich

Conflicts over natural resources

Myanmar’s new leadership has to confront a legacy of bad governance left behind by decades of military rule

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests
A brief history of Nepal’s tourism industry

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything
Defending the progress made

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery