New Policy Forum Pod tackles gender inequality in the Asia-Pacific region, and how public policy can help, or hinder, women's rights.

Aggressive tax planning, protectionist policies, and geopolitical tensions are but a few of the looming challenges facing one of the world’s most important banks, writes Bob McMullan.

The urgent wake-up call that was the 2015 earthquake in Nepal goes unanswered by a government failing its people, write Asit K Biswas and Kris Hartley.

Aid plays a clear role in periods of rapid economic growth in Pacific Island countries for short periods, but it does not have long-lasting impacts, and could lead to adverse effects, Ron Duncan writes.

Japan has changed its energy mix in the wake of the Fukishima disaster, and the rest of the region can and must learn lessons from the disaster about how to craft safe and efficient energy policies, Sara Itagaki writes.

Concerns surround the possible adoption of a new World Health Organization policy of engagement with non-state entities – which could mean big business – and potential conflicts of interest, Arun Gupta and Lida Lhotska write.