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Malaysia’s third wave of COVID-19 infections has highlighted its longstanding challenges in managing the migrant worker population, which is…

The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia. Working…

The old-age dependency ratio has a significantly negative effect on economic development, but appropriate foreign labor immigration and elderly long-…

This policy brief outlines best practices for credit guarantee schemes (CGSs) especially in times of financial crises. It also presents safeguards to…

Russia has never been the easiest nation to understand, at least to the West that has often seen Russia as hostile. This appreciation goes back to…

Major advanced economies have taken policy measures to strengthen the resilience of the financial system since the 2008 global financial crisis. On…

Relying solely on a domestic response will not end the cycle of global cyber threats. A concerted effort to build capacity, confidence, and rules of…

Latin American crises have left deeper economic wounds than those of Asia due to synchronizing banking, currency, and economic shocks.

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