AUTHOR'S BIO
Anita Kelles-Viitanen
Anita Kelles-Viitanen is a former Manager of Social
Development at the ADB.
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Abandoning Asia’s Poor
Isabel Ortiz and Anita Kelles-Viitanen Series: The Asian Century 2008-05-15The Asian Development Bank, whose mission is to reduce poverty, has adopted a new long-term strategy that leaves social protection, housing, employment, and labor rights off the agenda. The ADB's new focus on business-friendly regulations and removal of market "barriers" may be pro-growth, but that won't be enough to improve most people's daily lives.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 14765
