Global megatrends risk plunging millions into poverty across Asia

Policymakers must adapt to climate, demographic change, rise of digital technology

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Boys play beside a canal with the Cirebon-1 power plant in the background, in Cirebon, West Java province, Indonesia. © Reuters

Selsah Pasali is a social affairs officer at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Selim Raihan is a professor in the Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director of the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM).

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