World Bank East Asia and Pacific Updates

APRIL 16, 2012

East Asia and Pacific

China Aims for Soft Landing, says World Bank Latest China Quarterly Update projects GDP growth in China will be 8.2 percent in 2012 and 8.6 percent in 2013.     Read the press release Get the report Watch the video interview with Ardo Hansson, Lead Economist, World Bank Office, Beijing

MORE NEWS AND FEATURES

World Bank Announces Open Access Policy for Research and Knowledge, Launches Open Knowledge Repository The World Bank announced that it will implement a new Open Access policy for its research outputs and knowledge products, effective July 1, 2012. Read more

China: Restoring and Improving Education in Earthquake-struck Areas The earthquake that hit southwestern China in 2008 set back local education. A project helped reconstruct schools, improve education. Read more

New Bank Report Looks at China’s Rural Elderly How the country manages the aging of its population will be one of the major challenges it faces in coming decades, the success of which will have implications for not only China but also the whole world, says a new World Bank report. Read more

Improving the standard of education for future health workers in Indonesia After successfully increasing coverage of health services in the country, Indonesia is now addressing quality of education for health workers. Read more

Indonesia: Redirected Spending Can Lead to Higher, More Inclusive Growth Redirecting spending to more productive areas could potentially lead to higher and more inclusive growth. Read more

Lao PDR: Talking Economics Lao experts working at the World Bank participated in discussions at the National University of Laos in Vientiane, Souphanouvong University in Luang Prabang, and Champasack University in Champasack province on three of its analytical reports—the Lao Economic Monitor (LEM), Investment Climate Assessment (ICA), and Public Expenditure Review (PER). Read more

Malaysia to post steady growth in 2012; ‘Modern jobs’ at the core of Malaysia’s transformation into a High-Income Country Modern jobs will help Malaysia become a high-income economy that will benefit all Malaysians. Read more

World Bank Group Country Director for Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands Meets Solomon Islands Finance Minister Discussions with governament and other development partners pertained to the World Bank’s continued engagement with Solomon Islands over the next two to four years. Read more

Philippines: 700,000 people to benefit from improved access to health services Affordable maternal health services extended to poor families in Eastern Visayas. Read more

Vietnam’s Health Policy Makers Receive New Approaches and Tools for Health System and Health Financing Reforms Seminar to provide health policy makers and technical experts a strategic way to analyze the various instruments that need to be used to improve health system performance. Read more

Five Innovative Learning Programs in Vietnam Win AusAID-World Bank Support The Vietnam Blended Learning Program 2012 awarded grants to five innovative learning program ideas received from social organizations, non-governmental organizations, schools and universities, private companies and local training agencies, following the AusAID–World Bank’s call for ideas in October 2011. Read more

Toward More Livable Cities in Vietnam Vietnam can more successfully harness the economic and social opportunities and mitigate the challenges of urbanization if the urbanization process is well managed. Read more

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