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24Jun2024

Navigating transformational changes and transitions

In 2023, Rapid Asia conducted research on behalf of the International Labour Organization (ILO) with support from the ILO/Japan Multi-bilateral Programme. The “Navigating transformational…

16May2024

High out-of-pocket expenditures on prescription drugs in Vietnam

As shown in Figure 1 below, many countries in the Mekong Region have very high out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPE) on healthcare. Even though about 93%…

18Apr2024

Launch of research study on “Decent work and responsible business practices in Thailand’s automotive manufacturing sector” invitation.

Dear Rapid Asia Networks, We, Rapid Asia, would like to invite you and your organization to participate in ILO ‘s upcoming research study launch…

11Apr2024

Decent work means responsible business in the automotive sector

A recent study by Rapid Asia on behalf of the ILO reveals that Thailand’s automotive industry shows strengths in the form of comparably high…

28Mar2024

Decent work and responsible business practices in Thailand’s automotive manufacturing sector

In the 2023, Rapid Asia conduct research on Decent work and responsible business practices in Thailand’s automotive manufacturing sector project with ILO. This research…

11Mar2024

Empowering Voices: Rethinking Labour Migration Policies Workshop Invitation

Dear Rapid Asia Networks, We, Rapid Asia, would like to invite you and your organization to participate in USAID Asia CTIP‘s upcoming workshop entitled…

08Mar2024

Rapid Asia signs the Women´s Empowerment Principles

Rapid Asia is happy to announce that we are part of the United Nations Women´s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) community. Our Founder, Daniel Lindgren, signed…

01Mar2024

Are you eating endangered sharks?

A chef pours shark fin soup into a clay pot at a restaurant in Bangkok’s Chinatown. A bowl of shark fin soup in downtown…

22Feb2024

DNA-BASED SPECIES IDENTIFICATION OF SHARK FINS TRADED IN THAI MARKETS

In late 2023, Rapid Asia contributed to conducting a survey for WildAid’s shark fin trade project in Thailand. Thailand is one of the most…

15Feb2024

Pakistani migrant workers at risk of HIV in GULF States

Pakistan has a long history of emigration for work, particularly to the Gulf States. Due to a lack of knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases,…

30Jan2024

Why employers risk employing undocumented migrants

Most of the migrants in Thailand are from Myanmar and have been coming to the country since the economic boom between 1987 and 1996….

12Dec2023

Encouraging regular migration from Myanmar to Thailand

Following the economic boom between 1987 and 1996, Thailand experienced large-scale labour migration from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Lao PDR. Today, most of the migrants…