Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
Asia’s social welfare systems remain underdeveloped and skewed in favour of particular groups, despite rising inequality, ageing populations, labour precarity and rural-urban migration.
Indonesia’s social insurance system is plagued with low coverage and dropouts which may threaten its financial sustainability.
Public expenditure on social protection in Vietnam and China has lagged behind most developed and developing economies.
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