ERIA – Routledge Book Launch:
Social Protection in East Asia

Programme

‘Social Protection Goals in East Asia: Strategies and Methods to Generate Fiscal Space’ is the latest ERIA and Routledge co-publication which assesses social protection initiatives in East Asia. The book’s editors include ERIA’s Senior Economist, Dr Fauziah Zen, and Fiscal Economist and retired Professorial Fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Prof Mukul G. Asher, and Associate Director, Infrastructure & Capital Projects at Deloitte Indonesia, Ms Astrid Dita. The editors centred their research on the field study of development, social policy, economics, and finance while addressing the methodologies and social protection programmes of international organizations as well as selected East Asian countries. This includes reviewing the methodologies implemented by the Asian Development Bank and the International Labour Organisation on the minimum fiscal requirements of social protection programmes. The book further includes a review of China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam’s progress in fulfilling the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. As part of the event, Prof Mukul G. Asher will discuss some of the main themes and findings while Ms Iene Muliati of the World Bank will serve as a discussant to further enrich the understanding of social protection issues in East Asia.

Speakers:
Prof Mukul G. Asher, Fiscal Economist and retired Professorial Fellow, National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Discussant:
Ms Iene Muliati, Senior Social Protection Specialist, World Bank

Schedule

Note: For more information about this event, please contact Ms Cantika Rustandi at [email protected].

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