Social Protection in Asia (SPA)
SPA is a research, advocacy and network building programme which aims to overcome barriers to the extension of social protection to poor and marginalized groups in Asia.
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SPA is a research, advocacy and network building programme which aims to overcome barriers to the extension of social protection to poor and marginalized groups in Asia.
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China's emergence offers improved growth prospects for Asia as a whole. However, some of the region's poorest countries risk getting left behind. This Research Summary shows how Working Paper 295 explores the economic links developing between China and its Asian neighbours and what can be done to exploit the opportunities and minimise the threats.
Paper prepared for Conference on Financial Globalisation and Domestic Financial Sector Development in South and Central Asia, India
Published by: IDS
Published by: IDS
This IDS Bulletin aims to provide policy-relevant research insights for a wide range of actors interested in climate change adaptation. It brings together results from a recently completed interdisciplinary research project, the Linking Climate Adaptation Project, about how vulnerable communities might respond to the impacts of climate change.
This project is part of the Asian Development Bank's efforts to address a research gap by quantifying social protection activities throughout Asia by creating a social protection index (SPI) using four summary indicators.
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A recent well-publicised book, by the director- general of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and World Food Prize...