Author: Thao Do

Academic Governance and Leadership in Vietnam: Trends and Challenges

Academic Governance and Leadership in Vietnam: Trends and Challenges Salmi, Jamil Pham, Ly Thi Pham, Journal of International and Comparative Education (2019) This paper provides a review of academic governance and leadership in Vietnam at both the national and institutional levels, focusing more on the public sector. It also provides an analysis of new policy […]

Forecasting the Results of Students Attending School in Vietnam by Geographical Area

Forecasting the Results of Students Attending School in Vietnam by Geographical Area Van, Son Huynh Minh, Hong Nguyen Thi Vinh, Khuong Nguyen Vinh, Loc Sam Thien, Vu Giang, International Journal of Education and Practice (2019) This study attempts to forecast the results of school students in Vietnam by geographical region analysis. Results show variations between […]

Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa

Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa Gates Foundation (2019) African governments are at the forefront of efforts to harness digital technologies to build more inclusive economies. Double-digit growth in mobile phone ownership in the first half of this decade has triggered a surge of innovative digital tools and services across the continent. However, the benefits […]

Online learning about Social protection by international expert

Online learning about Social protection by international expert – Free of charge – Certification upon completion for everyone everywhere The Centre for Social Protection at IDS, in collaboration with Irish Aid, launches the online course Social Protection: A Primer which provides a basic understanding of key concepts and definitions, elaborates on the main instruments in […]

Youth Entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific 2019

Youth Entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific 2019 Ulrike Guelich, Niels Bosma and the Global Entrepreneurship Research Association (GERA)(2019) The Asia-Pacific region includes some of the wealthiest as well as some of the least developed countries in the world. Despite its wealth, there are growing disparities that have implications for achieving the United Nations 2030 […]

Migrants and their vulnerability to human trafficking, modern slavery and forced labour

Migrants and their vulnerability to human trafficking, modern slavery and forced labour The report explores various sites of vulnerability where migrants are particularly susceptible to human trafficking, forced labour and modern slavery. These include private dwellings, border crossings, irregular migration routes and conflict zones. The report illustrates that migrants are most vulnerable to exploitation in […]

Poverty Reduction in Vietnam: Achievements and Challenges

Poverty Reduction in Vietnam: Achievements and Challenges In retrospect, Vietnam has indeed gained impressive achievements in poverty reduction. Broad-based economic growth has improved the well-being of almost everyone in the entire population. The General Statistical Office estimates that the poverty rate fell consistently from 58 percent in 1993 to 37.4 percent in 1998, 28.9 percent […]

A Comprehensive Analysis of Poverty in India

A Comprehensive Analysis of Poverty in India This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in India. It shows that regardless of which of the two official poverty lines we use, we see a steady decline in poverty in all states and for all social and religious groups. Accelerated growth between fiscal years 2004–2005 and […]

Synthesis Report on Ten ASEAN Countries Disaster Risks Assessment

Synthesis Report on Ten ASEAN Countries Disaster Risks Assessment Sushil Gupta (Main author), United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and the World Bank Team (2010) This synthesis report on ASEAN disaster risks has been prepared by carrying out a desk review of already available reports, studies, maps, analyses and assessments regarding disaster risks […]

Fostering Women’s Entrepreneurship in ASEAN: Transforming Prospects, Transforming Societies

Fostering Women’s Entrepreneurship in ASEAN: Transforming Prospects, Transforming Societies Social Development Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (2017) This study examines the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in the ASEAN subregion. ASEAN has emerged as the most successful grouping in Asia and Pacific with gradual deepening of […]

Made in poverty – The true price of fashion

Made in poverty – The true price of fashion Groundbreaking research conducted by Oxfam has exposed the undeniable truth behind the clothes being sold in shops across Australia: workers are trapped in a cycle of poverty, no matter how hard they work. This research — the first in-depth investigation of its kind into the lives […]

Sustainable Development Report 2019

Sustainable Development Report 2019 Sachs, J., Schmidt-Traub, G., Kroll, C., Lafortune, G., Fuller, G; New York: Bertelsmann Stiftung and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (2019) The Sustainable Development Report 2019 generates seven major findings: 1. High-level political commitment to the SDGs is falling short of historic promises In September 2019, heads-of-states and governments will convene for […]