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Migrant fishers from Southeast Asia are increasingly subject to forced labour and human trafficking

  • A/Prof Sallie Yea,

One of the most pressing problems in terms of fishing supply chains is modern slavery of migrant fishing crew.

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.

Is social policy now a well-established but ‘new’ form of economic development?

  • Dr Adam Fforde,

Economies such as Vietnam are growing in ways that shift economic activity to services rather than manufacturing.

More equitable fiscal systems are needed to improve welfare provision for migrant workers in China and Vietnam

  • Associate Professor Jake Lin & Dr Jingyu Mao,

Public expenditure on social protection in Vietnam and China has lagged behind most developed and developing economies.

Maritime boundary diplomacy in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea has been the key to economic prosperity

  • Dr. Tharishini Krishnan ,

Nations involved show strong commitment to peace and stability which otherwise could be compromised by possible disputes.

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