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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.

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Measuring ‘what?’ and ‘how?’ Welfare development and the dependent variable problem within East Asian social policy analysis

  • Associate Professor Stefan Kühner,

In order to properly analyse a nation’s social policy , clarity is needed about key trends and drivers of welfare development.

INTRODUCTION: The politics of social policy in Asia

  • Professor Andrew Rosser,

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.

Health and democracy in India: Do voters care about health?

  • Oliver Heath, Jyoti Mishra, Louise Tillin & Sandhya Venkateswaran,

New research shows that health looms larger as a concern for Indian voters than previously assumed.

How the Philippines achieved universal kindergarten and what it means for welfare expansion

  • Assistant Professor Kidjie Ian Saguin,

Almost every child in the Philippines attends kindergarten. How has this been achieved?

Rethinking World Bank Influence: Governance Reforms and the Ritual Aid Dance in Indonesia by D. Brent Edwards Jr

  • Professor Andrew Rosser,

An important contribution to our understanding of the Bank’s role in the politics of governance reform in the Global South, especially in education.