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Social Development and Poverty

ADB’s central mission is working to reduce poverty in Asia and the Pacific and to ensure the benefits of economic growth and social development are equitably spread.

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Key Social Development and Poverty Resources Latest Publications and Documents

Papers and Briefs | 21 Jul 2022
Long-Term Care for Older People in Viet Nam: The Current Scenario, and Next Steps Toward a Healthy, Aging Population
Reports | 21 Jul 2022
Practical Responses to Real Problems: Eight Poverty Reduction Cases from the Asian Development Bank – Volume 2
Books | 20 May 2022
Labor Migration in Asia: COVID-19 Impacts, Challenges, and Policy Responses
Reports | 19 May 2022
The Road to Better Long-Term Care in Asia and the Pacific: Building Systems of Care and Support for Older Persons

Adapting to Aging Asia and the Pacific

Adapting to Aging Asia and the Pacific

By 2050, one in four people in the region will be over 60 years old. While increasing longevity is a positive outcome of economic and social development, this demographic transition will have important social and economic consequences.

Social Protection Indicator (SPI) Database

Social Protection Indicator (SPI) Database

With country-level data on social protection programs, the SPI Database has quantitative and qualitative information on social protection activities in Asia and the Pacific.

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Experts

Wendy Walker

Wendy Walker

Chief of Social Development Thematic Group

Yukiko Ito

Yukiko Ito

Principal Social Development Specialist

Meredith Wyse

Meredith Wyse

Senior Social Development Specialist (Aging and Care)

Michel Van Der Auwera

Michel Van Der Auwera

Senior Social Development Specialist (Social Protection)

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