Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Business and Industry
Children
Climate Change
Coorporate Accountability
Crime Prevention
Criminal Justice
Development
Economics and Finance
Education
Environment
Financing for Development
Governance
Micro-Credit
Minority Rights
Peace and Security
Private Sector
Social Development
Sustainable Development
Trade and Development
Water
Women
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Financing for Development:
Addressing systemic issues
International Trade as an engine for development
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Indigenous women
Information and communication technologies
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Men and boys
Millennium Development Goals
Policy advice
Research
Service provision
The girl child
Trafficking in women and girls
Violence against women
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women and armed conflict
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women and the economy
Women and the environment
Women and the media
Women and the media
Women in power and decision-making
Public Administration:
Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
Governance and Public Administration
Knowledge Systems and E-government
Public Financial Management
Public Service and Management Innovation
Socio-Economic Governance and Management
Statistics:
Demographic and social surveys
Development indicators
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Capacity-building
Climate change
Desertification and Drought
Disaster management and vulnerability
Education
Finance
Forests
Freshwater
Gender equality
Industrial development
Information for decision-making and participation
Institutional arrangements
Integrated decision-making
Land management
Mining
Protecting and managing the natural resources
Sustainable development of SIDS
Trade and environment
Waste Management
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Sri Lanka
Cambodia
Philippines
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Mongolia
Viet Nam
Indonesia
Republic of Korea
Pakistan
India
Timor-Leste
Bangladesh
China
Malaysia
Thailand
Afghanistan
Nepal
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Promote gender equality and empower women
Improve maternal health
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1952 |
| Organizational structure: |
Board of Trustees
and
Advisory Council
Understanding that private sector perspectives can be critical to good project design, the Foundation's leadership established The Asia Foundation's Advisory Council. Consisting of highly-regarded private sector individuals with expertise or strategic interests in Asia, its primary role is to help increase the visibility and relevance of the Foundation's work, and to help better assess the impact of Foundation programming on the economic growth and development of Asian nations. The Council also responds to specific policy issues as needs arise. |
| Number and type of members: |
No Members |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
none |
| Funding structure: |
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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