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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
The importance of student perspectives in evaluating Asia literacy in Australia
Research on how students actually engage with Asia literacy.
WEBINAR: Making Southeast Asia’s education systems work
Indonesia, Philippines and Myanmar have widened access to education in recent decades, but there has been little improvement in learning outcomes. Why this is the case?
INTRODUCTION: The politics of social policy in Asia
Asia’s social welfare systems remain underdeveloped and skewed in favour of particular groups, despite rising inequality, ageing populations, labour precarity and rural-urban migration.
Is social policy now a well-established but ‘new’ form of economic development?
Economies such as Vietnam are growing in ways that shift economic activity to services rather than manufacturing.
The struggle for universal healthcare in Asia
There is a tendency to assume a lack of money is the main barrier to achieving universal healthcare. But there are a range of other issues.