The Covid-19 pandemic has touched everyone in some way, but many of its impacts have been disproportionately felt by women: Job losses and care burdens, for example, have fallen on women relatively more than men. Two years after the pandemic began, and as countries increasingly move toward...

Two central themes will be related to Asia and the Pacific studies and the PRC economy. The Asia and the Pacific region has experienced market-oriented reforms, openness and globalization, economic regionalization, cross-border interactions, integration, etc., which underpin the first theme....

Topics: - Determinants and causes of poverty and its changes - Consequences and impacts of poverty on human capital formation, growth, consumption and so on - Assessment of poverty strategies and policies - The role of government, NGOs and other institutions in poverty reduction - Rural-urban...

The purpose of the Conference will be to deepen on-going reflection on how to measure well-being and the progress of societies, enhance the relevance of measures and analysis for addressing key policy issues, and lead to concrete outputs, such as establishing frameworks for future work. It will...

Employment is a key aspect of inclusive and sustainable development and this conference will deal with the following key labor market issues: - short and medium term outlook for jobs; - informal and non-regular employment; - unemployment insurance and social policy in developing Asia; -...

The main objective of the workshop is to help the leaders of local governments and national level policy makers develop a strategic approach in dealing with environmental and social issues facing businesses. This can be achieved by: - Demonstrating the potentials of transforming SME clusters...

Aims of the conference include: - analyze the theoretical and empirical relationship between social protection, household savings and income drawing from the experiences of various countries.; - analyze the relationship of other related factors such as quality of public governance, demographic...

"Beyond the Global Crisis: A New Asian Growth Model?" will provide senior officials, academia, and private sector participants an analysis of key issues related to Asia and EU as they emerge from the worst global financial and economic crisis since the Great Depression. The conference will be a...