Giving Compass' Take:
- George Ingram, at Brookings, creates a comprehensive list of focal points for meaningful, collaborative donor impact in Southeast Asia.
- What is the importance of equity in generating growth in Southeast Asia? Can we use Ingram's framework as a template for other areas of the globe?
- Learn about venture philanthropy's focus on clean energy throughout Southeast Asia.
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The Indo-Pacific, one of the most dynamic regions in the world, has experienced decades of strong economic growth. It is a center of geopolitical positioning—shifting between cooperation and tension—by regional and world powers, specifically the United States, China, Japan, and Russia. In the center of the region sits Southeast Asia, with a combined population of 650 million and an average GDP growth of 5 percent. The countries have a history of seeking to promote their interests and stability through regional cooperation, specifically via the regional architecture of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
This research project entails six related papers exploring development opportunities in Southeast Asia and potential areas of collaboration among donors to increase and accelerate their impact. The analysis focuses on seven principal development partners in the region—Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam—and their principal donors—the United States, South Korea, Japan, Germany, and Australia.
- Policy: The policy overview chapter sets out the overall framework, reviewing relevant donor policies, and different modalities that donors might consider as ways to collaborate.
- The digital world: This chapter explores the advantages and perils of digitalization for development.
- Health: COVID-19 has brought home in all too stark and frightening ways how essential health care is for personal well-being, economic growth, and equity.
- Education: Education is the building block of productive, healthy, and secure lives.
- Women’s empowerment and gender equality: Despite the notable progress in women’s empowerment and gender equality in recent decades, advancing women’s equality has been slow, erratic, and in certain areas has suffered reversal.
- Governance and public administration: This chapter outlines the landscape of gaps and needs for governance in Southeast Asia, donor strategic priorities, and opportunities for donor collaboration.
Read the full article about donor impact in Southeast Asia by George Ingram at Brookings.