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ADB Economist on Poverty Measurement in Asia

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In the interview of JICA Research Institute, Dr. Juzhong Zhuang, Deputy Chief Economist of Asian Development Bank, describes the key findings of their recent study on poverty measurement in Asia. Some summary is available at the previous post.

Reference
$1.25/day Isn’t Enough for the Asian Extreme Poor
ADB (2014) Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014
DW (2014) Interview of Guanghua Wan, Principal Economist at Asian Development Bank.

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Author: Ippei TsurugaIppei Tsuruga is Social Protection Programme Manager for Indonesia at International Labour Organization. He has been managing programmes and providing technical contributions to social security reforms at the country level in Indonesia, Viet Nam and Myanmar, and also contributing to research and knowledge management at the ASEAN regional and global levels. He has been involved in various policy discussions and research activities on unemployment benefit, old-age, invalidity and survivors’ benefits, maternity benefit, sickness benefit, and the extension of social protection to workers in the informal economy. He has worked at the ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste, the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Social Protection Department; and JICA Washington D.C. Office, Research Department, Country Office for Kenya, and Africa Department for Kenya, Nigeria and Somalia.

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