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东亚的挑战：确保经济增长惠及贫困人口
东亚地区在过去30年经历了史无前例的经济增长，成为占世界经济四分之一的世界经济发展龙头。在很大程度上由于劳动集约型和包容性经济增长，包括中国、印尼、马来西亚、泰国和越南等国在内的东亚地区使亿万人民摆脱了极贫状况，走上富裕之路。然而，成功的同时仍有挑战。截止到2014年，东亚地区还有一亿人每天生活费低于1.25美元，约有2.6亿人每天生活费低于2美元。如果全球经济出现滑坡，如果家人生病、遭遇粮荒或受到...
View ArticleFlood risk in dry Ulaanbaatar of Mongolia? Really? Really
Making Ulaanbaatar More Resilient to Floods After growing up in Manila, one of the densest and most cyclone-prone cities in the world, I expected my first visit to Mongolia to be filled with vast...
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The Mindanao Trust Fund in the Philippines: still hopeful after 10 years
Since 2005, the Mindanao Trust Fund (MTF) has worked to build the capacity of the Bangsamoro Development Agency through the “learning-by-doing” approach. Over half a million people in 214 villages...
View ArticleДалайн хар шуурга, циклонгүй Улаанбаатар хотод үерийн аюул нүүрлэнэ гэв үү,...
Улаанбаатар хотын үерийн эрсдэлийг багасгах нь Циклонд хамгийн өртөмтгий Манила хотод төрж өссөн миний хувьд Монгол Улсад анх ирэхдээ зах хязгааргүй өргөн уудам тал нутаг, , хөх тэнгэрээр нүдээ...
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Staying the course on the Mindanao peace process
It has been 18 years since the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) started peace talks intended to end decades of violence in Mindanao that caused widespread poverty and...
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동아시아의 도전 과제
동아시아는 지난 30년 간 이어진 전례 없는 경제 성장 덕분에 전 세계 경제의 25%를 차지하는 경제 동력원으로 성장했다. 중국, 인도네시아, 말레이시아, 태국, 베트남을 비롯한 이 지역은 좀 더 노동 집약적이고 포용적인 성장을 이루어낸 덕분에 수억명의 사람이 극심한 가난에서 벗어나 더 큰 번영을 누릴 수 있었다.이러한 성공에는 대가가 따랐다. 지난 해를...
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Social welfare programs in Mongolia - are they helping the poor?
Mongolia’s current economic situation is characterized by a combination of falling commodity prices and slowing growth. This heightens the need for the country’s social welfare system to protect the...
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Recognizing Citizenship and Good Local Governance
Governance is a complex concept to explain – in any language, in any country. What is universal however is that you can recognize it when you see it – in any part of the globe.
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Монголын нийгмийн халамжийн хөтөлбөрүүд ядуучуудад тусалж байна уу?
Монголын эдийн засгийн өнөөгийн байдал нь түүхий эдийн үнэ унасан, эдийн засгийн өсөлт буурсан гэдэг хоёр хүчин зүйлийн нийлбэр дээр байна. Энэ байдал нь орлогын бууралтад илүүтэй өртөж байгаа ядуучууд...
View ArticleThe World Bank's shared history with Singapore
The 50th birthday of the nation this year has given Singaporeans a chance to look back with pride at the achievements over the course of one generation—as a country, as an economy and as a people. But...
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Efficient cities are crucial to Vietnam’s transformation into a high-income...
A striking feature of Vietnam’s remarkable progress over the last few decades is the rapid pace of urbanization. In 1986, there were fewer than 13 million urban residents. Today there are 30 million....
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Các đô thị hiệu quả đóng vai trò then chốt giúp Việt Nam chuyển đổi sang nền...
Quá trình đô thị hóa nhanh chóng là một điểm nhấn quan trọng trong quá trình phát triển của Việt Nam trong những thập kỷ qua. Năm 1986 dân số đô thị của Việt Nam chỉ là dưới13 triệu người; hiện nay...
View ArticleOn World Toilet Day, it’s time Pacific leaders start talking toilets
On World Toilet Day, it’s time Pacific leaders start talking toilets
View ArticleOpen insights is the next step to Open Data
One must think of government data like a matchstick; it must be taken out of its box and lit. The first step to generating public trust in a government institution is to show it has nothing to hide....
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We must prepare now for another major El Niño
El Niño is back and may be stronger than ever. A wooden boat is seen stranded on the dry cracked riverbed of the Dawuhan Dam during drought season in Madiun, Indonesia's East Java province. October...
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How to increase HIV testing and treatment in Bangkok for high-risk groups
A caretaker at an HIV testing facility in Bangkok, Thailand.In Asia, Thailand remains one of the countries hardest hit by the HIV epidemic. Currently, 440,000 people are living with HIV and...
View ArticleChina’s One Belt One Road Initiative: What we know thus far
President Xi Jinping launched China’s “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) initiative in 2013 with the stated aim to connect major Eurasian economies through infrastructure, trade and investment. The initiative...
View Article中国的“一带一路”倡议：我们迄今为止知道什么
习近平主席在2013年发起中国的“一带一路”倡议，明确的目标是要通过基础设施建设、贸易和投资推进主要欧亚国家的相互对接。这一倡议具体包括陆上的“丝绸之路经济带”和海上的“21世纪海上丝绸之路”两大国际贸易通道。...
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The gas and mining industries take on gender-based violence in Papua New Guinea
Photo: Tom Perry/World Bank For many, the connection seems strange at first. What do gas and mining have to do with women’s economic and social empowerment, let alone gender-based violence? The...
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我们必须时刻准备再次迎来严重厄尔尼诺现象
厄尔尼诺现象又回来了，而且可能会来的更猛。 干旱季节印尼东爪哇省Madiun的Dawuhan大坝干裂的河床上搁浅的木船。 2015年10月28日 © ANTARA...
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