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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is engaged in framing a post- 2015 vision for social protection in ASEAN which would facilitate productive ageing. This paper assesses existing social protection systems in ASEAN and suggests initiatives...
Institutions and agencies involved: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, ERIA
Last December, the 632-million strong Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched its own ASEAN Community. Tariffs and non-tariff barriers between the 10 member countries have been gradually reduced with the aim of forming the seventh largest...
ASEAN leaders signed agreement on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers on Tuesday, Filipinotimes reported. The document is aimed to strengthen social protection, access to justice, humane and fair treatment and access to health...
Developing Asia is forecast to expand by 6.0% in 2018, and by 5.9% in 2019. Excluding Asia’s high-income newly industrialized economies, growth should reach 6.5% in 2018 and 6.4% in 2019. With oil prices edging up and robust consumer demand continuing,...
Institutions and agencies involved: Asian Development Bank, ADB
The complementarity of social protection and disaster risk management (DRM) is increasingly acknowledged by ASEAN. Accordingly, this study, the overarching research question of which is: What factors enable social protection systems and programmes in...
Institutions and agencies involved: United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, World Food Programme, WFP, European Union, EU
The Brunei government will continue to ensure the social welfare of the people to be the highest priority in line with the objective of the ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA), local media reported on Wednesday, quoting Haji Aminuddin Ihsan, Brunei'...
Labour migration is a key feature of the ASEAN labour market and is expected to continue to increase over the coming years. It has a significant economic impact on individuals, households and countries of destination and origin. Yet, access to social...
Institutions and agencies involved: International Labour Organization, ILO
It is a universal assumption that mothers are the ones who take care of children, but more fathers are now taking time off to look after their new-born babies and their partners, soon after childbirth. Countries worldwide are setting benchmarks for...
The 6th edition of the living paper is out! (For download: Country SP COVID responses_April23 ) As of April 23, 2020, a total of 151 countries (18 more since last week) have planned, introduced or adapted 684 social protection measures in response to...