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• Economy, social (Southeast Asia, ASEAN)

  South East Asia’s street vendors adjusting to climate change

  7 November, by PINTO-RODRIGUES Anne

  Are south-east Asia’s street vendors, “the backbone of urban food systems”, prepared for the impacts of climate change?
  Loan (not her real name) is a street vendor in her mid-40s selling fresh orange juice from her cart in an industrial area of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She squeezes oranges (…)

• Economy, social (Southeast Asia, ASEAN)

  Southeast Asian social protection systems have an erratic record and ignore informal work

  1 September, by TADEM Eduardo C.

  Social protection refers to a set of policies and programs designed to reduce poverty, inequality, vulnerability, and social exclusion, and to mitigate economic shocks by ensuring income security, access to essential services (e.g., health, education, and housing), and support for life’s hazards (…)