<p>The adoption of economic adjustment policies in many coun&shy; tries of the Asian and Pacific region in recent years has, in conjunction with other budgetary problems, resulted in cutbacks in social devel&shy; opment ...

<p>The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (United Nations, 2015) is a call for &ldquo;[a] world with equitable and universal access to&hellip; health care and social protection, where physical, mental and social ...

<p>This paper reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of active labour market programmes in low- and middle-income countries with high informality, highlighting examples of interventions that have been implemented in ...

<p>This discussion paper examines the provision of care for older people by linking various care at macro (national) and micro (individual or family) levels. This paper argues that these different levels are not mutually ...

<p>This paper takes stock of the literature that examines how the recent expansion of contributory and non-contributory social protection programmes in low- and middle-income countries in Asia and the Pacific, Latin America ...

<p>This paper explores inequality in birth registration in Fiji by using Classification and Regression Tree methodology using data from Fiji&rsquo;s recent Multiple Indicator and Cluster Survey (2021). The findings suggest ...

<p>This paper investigates the determinants of birth registration in Asia and the Pacific. Drawing on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) from five representative ...