Air
Indonesia Rejects National Disaster Status as Toxic Haze Blankets Southeast Asia
ASEAN foreign ministers are expected to discuss the transboundary haze at an upcoming meeting. The episode highlights longstanding regional tensions over the annual haze, which has strained diplomatic relations in previous severe seasons such as 2015.
Child Labour
Nepal: One in Five Children in Madhesh Province Face Multiple Layers of Deprivation
Climate pressures, irregular monsoon patterns and limited irrigation continue to constrain productivity for many smallholders.
E-governance
Sri Lanka’s Middle Class Shrinks as Nearly 400,000 Households Slide Down Income Ladder, Says Boston Consulting Group
BCG says that policymakers and businesses alike will need strategies that address both the scale of the rural middle class and the constraints facing households that have slipped downward if the gains of recovery are to become more widely shared.
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