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    Development Asia—Who Will Pay for Asia's Double Burden?: July–December 2011
    Development Asia—Who Will Pay for Asia's Double Burden?: July–December 2011
    Development Asia—Who Will Pay for Asia's Double Burden?: July–December 2011
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    Development Asia—Who Will Pay for Asia's Double Burden?: July–December 2011

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    The 11th edition of Development Asia looks into the double burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases in Asia and the Pacific. Asian and Pacific countries are facing unprecedented challenges related to health care. While wealthier countries tend to suffer from noncommunicable ailments, such as cancer and diabetes, and poorer countries from communicable diseases, like malaria and dengue, many parts of Asia and the Pacific are plagued by both. This edition also explores the double burden of disease that political leaders in the region are grappling to address. At the root of this problem is health financing. Simply put: how do governments and their private sector partners provide solutions that keep the poor from suffering catastrophic health care costs?
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    PublisherAsian Development Bank
    Release dateDec 1, 2011
    ISBN9789292574383
    Development Asia—Who Will Pay for Asia's Double Burden?: July–December 2011

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      Development Asia—Who Will Pay for Asia's Double Burden? - Asian Development Bank

      Who Will Pay For Asia’ Double Burden?

      Innovative financing is needed to address an unprecedented burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases

      WWW.DEVELOPMENT.ASIA

      © 2011 Asian Development Bank

      ISSN 1998-7528

      ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

      PUBLISHER

      Ann Quon

      SENIOR EDITOR

      Floyd Whaley

      EDITORIAL ADVISOR

      Indu Bhushan

      ASSOCIATE EDITOR

      Maria Liza Solano

      COPY EDITOR

      Caroline Ahmad

      RESEARCH DIRECTOR

      Shawn Pang

      ART DIRECTOR

      Andy Martin

      Development Asia features development issues important to Asia and the Pacific. It is published four times a year by the Asian Development Bank. The views expressed in this magazine are those of the authors and do not reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank and Haymarket Media Ltd. Use of the term country does not imply any judgment by the authors or the Asian Development Bank and Haymarket Media Ltd. as to the legal or other status of any territorial entity.

      Advertising of any specific commercial product, process, service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, in this publication does not constitute or imply ADB’s endorsement, recommendation, or favoring of any of the product or the entity thereof.

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      letters@development.asia

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      Material published in Development Asia and on www.development.asia, including articles, photos, graphics, and other content, is copyrighted. Material may not be reproduced, republished, or redistributed without written permission of Development Asia. For reprint permission, please contact editor@development.asia. Photographs not owned by ADB require permission from the copyright holder for reprinting.

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      Asian Development Bank

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      Cover photo: AFP

      Note: In this publication, $ refers to US dollars

      A publication of the Asian Development Bank,

      designed and distributed by Haymarket Media Limited

      Critical Thinking..

      "Development Asia... comes across

      like Time or Newsweek in the good

      old days. Professional journalists

      research important subjects and

      report without being blinkered.

      "The magazine is not a mouthpiece

      for official ADB policy....

      "ADB is not trying to inspire

      the kind of optimism that is

      typical of PR publications, but hopes to trigger serious debate."

      Hugh Williamson

      Europe News Editor

      The Financial Times

      www.development.asia

      PUBLISHER’S NOTE

      Getting Better

      Asian and Pacific countries are facing unprecedented challenges related to health care. While wealthier countries tend to suffer from noncommunicable ailments, such as cancer and diabetes, and poorer countries from communicable diseases, like malaria and dengue, many parts of Asia and the Pacific are plagued by both. This edition of Development Asia explores the double burden of disease that political leaders in the region are grappling to address. At the root of this problem is health financing. Simply put: how do governments and their private sector partners provide solutions that keep the poor from suffering catastrophic health care costs?

      Underlying this situation is the specter of a pandemic. Many health experts, both within Asia and around the world, believe that the next pandemic will originate in Asia. Since severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) swept the region and much of the globe in 2003, countries throughout Asia and the Pacific have banded together in an unprecedented display of regional cooperation in the health sector to stop the next pandemic at its source.

      For the articles section, regular contributor Karen Emmons explores the troubles facing microfinance.

      Other stories include an interview with one of the pioneers in the use of randomized control tests in development work, which some believe is the future of efforts by development organizations to establish the effectiveness of their work. In our Reconnaissance section, regular contributor Margo Pfeiff offers tips on how to shop in ways that benefit—or at least don’t hurt—the poor.

      In this edition, we welcome two new contributors. Jade Lee-Duffy, a longtime Hong Kong, China business writer and editor, joins our team, along with Frale Oyen, whose reporting has taken her from the tiniest islands of the Pacific to Viet Nam and the Middle East.

      After reading this edition, ask yourself: What can countries in Asia and the Pacific do to improve health care, particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable? Then send us your thoughts at editor@development.asia.

      Stay well!

      Ann Quon

      Publisher

      CONTENTS

      YEAR IV, NUMBER XI, JULY–DECEMBER 2011

      21 STOPPING THE NEXT PANDEMIC

      34 EXAMINING MICROFINANCE

      42 SHOPPING WITH A CONSCIENCE

      Letters to the Editor

      Empowering communities

      Your recent issue on education in Asia is a must-read for development workers and policy makers—and should also be placed in the hands of every public school teacher in the region. Or at least one issue per school. They need to look up from their textbooks and from what they

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