Annual Report - FY2014

HELPING SOCIETIES FLOURISH
1
The Asia Foundation improves lives, expands opportunities, and helps societies
flourish across a dynamic and developing Asia. We work with innovative leaders
and communities to build effective institutions and advance pathbreaking
reforms. Together with our partners, we are committed to Asia’s continued
development as a peaceful, just, and thriving region of the world.
From the Chairman & President........... 3
IN A FLOURISHING SOCIETY,
CITIZENS HAVE A VOICE
Indonesia .......................................................... 5
Bangladesh ..................................................... 5
Myanmar ........................................................... 6
Malaysia ............................................................ 7
Sri Lanka .......................................................... 7
The Lotus Circle ............................................8
Vietnam .............................................................8
Philippines ....................................................... 9
Books for Asia ............................................... 9
IN A FLOURISHING SOCIETY, JUSTICE
IS ACCESSIBLE, FAIR, AND EFFECTIVE
Nepal ................................................................. 11
Thailand ........................................................... 11
China ................................................................ 12
Pakistan .......................................................... 13
Laos ................................................................... 13
Mongolia ......................................................... 14
Cambodia ....................................................... 15
Afghanistan .................................................. 15
IN A FLOURISHING SOCIETY, LEADERS
ARE RESPONSIVE AND ETHICAL
Timor-Leste ................................................... 17
Development Fellows ............................... 17
India .................................................................. 18
Washington ................................................... 19
Korea ................................................................ 19
Exchanges ..................................................... 20
Financials ....................................................... 21
Donors ............................................................ 22
Leadership .................................................... 26
Contact Us .................................................... 32
1
2
FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT
with our Chairman’s Award for her commitment to U.S.-Asia Relations; in New
York City we honored Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, Indonesian
activist Nani Zulminarni, and The Estée Lauder Companies at the fourth annual
Lotus Leadership Awards; and in Seoul, we held a special America’s Role in Asia
Roundtable and Gala hosted by Friends of The Asia Foundation, an association
founded by Korean alumni of Foundation programs.
For sixty years The Asia Foundation has contributed to tangible improvements
in the quality of life and steadily expanding opportunities for millions of Asian
citizens. We have nurtured important legal, cultural, and civic institutions that
sustain a sense of community and shared identity within countries with diverse
and sometimes disparate populations. The Foundation’s commitment to helping
societies flourish remains an enduring element of our mission and is very much
reflected in our current program activities and past accomplishments.
The Asia Foundation’s work over the past year and its contributions to Asia’s
development over the past six decades are a reminder of the important role
that private nonprofit organizations can play in creating the environment for
economies to grow and societies to flourish. Together, we can ensure Asia
continues on a path toward peace, prosperity, and inclusive development.
The Asia Foundation works to foster open, vibrant societies where citizens
have a voice, where justice is accessible, fair, and effective, and where leaders
are responsive and ethical. To that end, this year, in advance of Indonesia’s
hotly contested presidential election, we used cutting-edge technology to
distribute essential polling information directly to millions of voters, and created
an interactive election results map in collaboration with Google Indonesia. In
Myanmar, we conducted the first-ever nationwide survey to document public
knowledge of new government institutions and processes. In China, we are
working with local partners to enable migrant women to become successful
entrepreneurs, while our cover story highlights how technology is supporting
government transparency and improving urban services in Mongolia. In 2014
our first class of distinguished Asia Foundation Development Fellows helped
sustain the Foundation’s six-decade tradition of investing in the region’s most
promising future leaders to tackle Asia’s challenges.
David D. Arnold
President
In 2014 we marked The Asia Foundation’s 1954 founding with a series of
60th anniversary events in the U.S. and Asia. In our headquarters’ city of San
Francisco, the gateway to the Asia-Pacific, we held a first-ever Gala event and
brought together civic and corporate leaders, Asian diplomats, scholars, and
philanthropists from across the Bay Area and honored The Merali Foundation.
In Washington, DC, we paid tribute to Senator Dianne Feinstein of California
David M. Lampton
Chairman of the Board and
Executive Committee
OPPOSITE PAGE TOP LEFT: President David D. Arnold with Yasmin Merali moments before she accepts a special
honor on behalf of The Merali Foundation at 60th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco. TOP CENTER: Chairman
David M. Lampton presents inaugural Chairman’s Award to Senator Dianne Feinstein at Ambassadors Dinner
in Washington, DC. TOP RIGHT: Trustees S. Timothy Kochis and Judith F. Wilbur served as Gala co-chairs.
LOWER RIGHT: Anniversary Dinner, Seoul, Korea: Former Minister of Science and Technology, and Chairman, World
Peace Forum Kim Jin-hyun greets Professor David I. Steinberg, former Asia Foundation Korea Representative.
LOWER CENTER & LEFT: Lotus Circle Advisors honor PEKKA Founder Nani Zulminarni, Nobel Laureate Muhammad
Yunus, and Estée Lauder Companies, at 4th annual Leadership Awards in New York City.
3
IN A FLOURISHING SOCIETY
CITIZENS HAVE A VOICE
4
Using mobile apps to reach
Indonesian voters
Nationwide election observation amid
national unrest in Bangladesh
In Indonesia’s divisive recent
election, we helped get essential
polling information directly to millions
of voters and supported the largest
source of independent observer and
media reporting. With support from
the Australian Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade, we pioneered
the development of an open data
and API platform that enabled
Indonesian developers to build free
mobile applications to provide better
voter access to real-time electoral
information. It garnered more than
100 million hits. In the first five months,
41 apps were publicly released, and
have since been downloaded more than
300,000 times. An interactive election
results map built in collaboration with
Google Indonesia has been visited
by more than 325,000 users.
Despite widespread violence and
challenging conditions, this year
we undertook the only nationwide
observation mission for the 10th
National Parliamentary Elections.
The Foundation worked with a network
of 29 local NGOs to train and deploy
9,490 short-term and 180 long-term
observers. For subsequent local-level
elections, we supported the use of SMS
real-time data collection methodology
and statistical sampling to allow for
scientific analysis and independent
verification of election results. For
additional impact, we partnered with
the Bangladesh Election Commission
in a comprehensive civic education
campaign to update the electoral roll.
100 MILLION
PLATFORM PAGE HITS
FREE
MOBILE APPS
300,000
D OW N LOA DS
ACCESS TO REAL-TIME
ELECTORAL INFORMATION
PHOTO LEFT: On July 9, 2014, Indonesians went to the polls to elect
a new president and vice president in a hotly contested election
that represents the first transition from one democratically elected
president to another in Indonesia’s history.
5
THE ASIA FOUNDATION TRAINED
AND DEPLOYED MORE THAN
17,000
OBSERVERS
9,490
SHORT-TERM OBSERVERS
180
LONG-TERM OBSERVERS
FOR THE 10TH NATIONAL
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
7,688
SHORT-TERM OBSERVERS
FOR THE LOCAL-LEVEL ELECTIONS
Myanmar survey reveals limited civic
awareness and understanding
After decades of military rule and isolation, people in Myanmar are
hopeful about the future, but their optimism is tempered, according to
The Asia Foundation’s 2014 survey of civic knowledge and values. The
first nationwide survey in Myanmar to document public knowledge of
new government institutions and processes, the findings were distributed
widely to help inform civic and voter education. 3,000 respondents
in all 14 states and regions were interviewed; our findings reveal
limited knowledge among the public about government institutions
and functions, a low level of social trust, and deep apprehension
about the prospect for peace and economic opportunities.
ARE THINGS IN MYANMAR MOVING IN THE RIGHT OR THE WRONG DIRECTION?
NAMING THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
100
100
80
28%
5%
4%
60
40
62%
37%
6%
4%
4%
3%
7%
7%
49%
20
22%
25%
67%
67%
34%
3%
5%
40
57%
20
0
STATE
REGION
MALE
FEMALE
RIGHT DIRECTION
SOME IN RIGHT AND
SOME IN WRONG DIRECTION
WRONG DIRECTION
DON’T KNOW
86%
78%
60
0
ALL MYANMAR
82%
80
14%
18%
3% 2%
ALL MYANMAR
EXECUTIVE
6
4% 3%
MALE
LEGISLATIVE
11%
3% 2%
FEMALE
JUDICIAL
DON’T KNOW
Emerging young leaders gather in Malaysia
to tackle regional challenges
Providing real-time citizen
feedback to Sri Lanka’s
local governments
Our office in Kuala Lumpur and the Australia-Malaysia Institute
hosted this year’s Australia-ASEAN Emerging Leaders Program in
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, and Kuala Lumpur. Jointly funded by the
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and in cooperation
with the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, we gathered
inspiring young leaders from Southeast Asia and Australia for highlevel discussions on contemporary issues. They were provided a rare
opportunity to develop their knowledge of regional social, political,
and economic dynamics and capacity as regional leaders, and
build long-term linkages with leading thinkers and each other.
A record voter turnout for a new president
vividly illustrates the tenacity of ordinary
citizens to make a difference, and signals
a desire for change and good governance.
But challenges of rebuilding infrastructure,
bridging social divisions, and strengthening
local democracy remain. In the first of
its kind in South Asia, the Foundation
pioneered an electronic citizen report card
using Android-based mobile applications
in war-affected Batticaloa, a major
commercial center where delivery of basic
public services like street lighting and
trash collection is grossly uneven. The city
administration responded to the feedback
by providing a separate line item in their
annual budget to fund priorities identified
through Electronic Citizen Report Card
surveys. Spurred by this success, residents
in six cities across Sri Lanka have provided
feedback on access, quality, and reliability
of public services to their local municipal
councils to influence new policies and
budgets and to make their voices heard.
7
Bringing critical services to Vietnam’s
migrant workers
The Lotus Circle
The Lotus Circle is a community of individuals
and organizations empowering women and
girls across Asia. This year, at the fourth
annual Lotus Leadership Awards Gala in
New York, Nobel Peace Laureate Professor
Muhammad Yunus was honored for his
vision to use small loans to lift women out
of poverty. Ms. Nani Zulminarni was honored
for her remarkable work with widows in
conflict-affected areas of Indonesia. The
Estée Lauder Companies were recognized
for their ongoing support to help young
girls in Vietnam continue their secondary
school education. Asia Foundation Trustee
Ambassador Melanne Verveer introduced
special video appearances by Former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Former
President Jimmy Carter. The Gala was cochaired by Asia Foundation Trustee and Lotus
Circle Advisor Missie Rennie and her husband
Zach Taylor, along with Lotus Circle Advisor
Winnie Feng and her husband Michael Feng.
Said Winnie Feng in our noted blog, In Asia: “I
think of Lotus Circle members as modern day
activists, passionate about positive change
but who just can’t be on the ground. We raise
awareness, take action, and empower others.”
Migrant workers suffer low incomes,
poor benefits, unstable employment,
and are far from their traditional family
support systems. With funding from
the Australian Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade, we are providing
legal counseling to migrant workers
and improving the ability of local
organizations to advocate for the
protection of workers’ rights. Last year
we assisted more than 1,200 workers,
largely through pro-bono legal clinics.
And with support from the U.S. Bureau
of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor,
we are now reaching more than 30,000
new migrant workers a month through a
website that provides free legal advice.
8
IN 2014 WE ASSISTED
1,250
MIGRANT WORKERS
THROUGH MOBILE CLINICS
895
ONLINE LEGAL ADVICE
800,000
NATIONWIDE
THROUGH WEBSITES
Farms to market: Improving roads and
value chains across the Philippines
Less than 30 percent of the Philippine road network is paved, and
most roads are in very poor condition. Inadequate public resources
and fragmentation of responsibilities across levels of government
hinder investments in roads that will connect production, tourism,
and industrial areas with the rest of the country. Recognizing the
private sector’s strength as the driving force for economic growth,
with support from Australia, we mobilized local chambers of commerce
to influence government’s decisions to invest in strategic road links
that facilitate movement of products from farm to market, and more
efficient delivery of government services. This year we succeeded in
helping to secure a public investment of $6 million in improvements
to strategic segments of roads crucial for trade and commerce.
Improving Children’s Literacy
Our Books for Asia program is contributing to Asia’s development
by helping individuals acquire literacy in their mother tongue as well
as gain English-language skills required in a global economy. With
support from USAID and local partners in Timor-Leste, we created
some of the country’s first professionally produced storybooks and
teacher materials. Combined with parent workshops and teacher
training emphasizing student engagement over rote lectures, the
impact of providing these materials was dramatic. Since the project’s
launch in 2010, 20 percent more first graders are now able to read
a simple word. Tests on numeracy skills revealed 77 percent of
the students are now also able to solve simple math problems.
216,613 KILOMETERS OF ROADS
72% UNPAVED
28% PAVED
0
25
50
75
100
9
IN A FLOURISHING SOCIETY
JUSTICE IS ACCESSIBLE, FAIR, AND EFFECTIVE
10
Ensuring the safety
and wellbeing of
Nepal’s migrant workers
As increasing numbers of Nepalis depart
for foreign employment each year, we
are invested in improving understanding
of cultural acclimatization, safe migration,
financial management skills, and training
of government officials to prevent
trafficking and exploitation. Last year,
we helped the government produce
a first-ever Labor Migration for
Employment report that reflects the
process and magnitude of Nepali
labor migration, identifies structural
challenges and policy gaps, and presents
strategies and programmatic options
for reform. Our work has helped unify
donor initiatives in safe migration and
in counter-trafficking. At the regional
level, we engaged with government
and civil society to advocate a common
South Asia Framework based on
workers’ rights and human security.
2,226,152
LABOR PERMITS
were issued over the six-year period
Transforming conflict in Southern Thailand
Training enhanced the
The Asia Foundation is one of the most
capacity and confidence of
active and respected international
organizations working in conflict
RELIGIOUS AND
mitigation efforts in Thailand’s southern
SECULAR LEADERS
border provinces. This year we helped
to build trust in their
address bitter grievances rooted in
communities and ensure
historical and cultural identity, rights
citizen voices are heard.
protection, and access to justice that
underlie Malay-Muslim discontent with
109 imams
the Thai State. For decades, the Malay205 tadika (religious) teachers
Muslim community has called for the
45 Buddhist leaders
renaming of villages in a manner that
reflects the identity of the region. We
445 youth leaders
supported local partners to successfully
160 women leaders
advocate the government to restore
30 ex-detainees
the traditional Malay-language
names of 10 villages. In addition, we
trained 994 respected religious and secular leaders to channel citizen
views and expectations concerning the conflict to decision-makers,
while local news media reached more than 200,000 radio listeners
with balanced analysis of conflict issues and the peace process.
994
2008—2009
2013—2014
100K 200
300
400
500
A staggering 137% increase between
2008/09 and 2013/14, representing about
8% Nepal’s total population.
11
CHINA’S INTERNAL
MIGRANT WORKERS
20%
TOTAL POPULATION
1.4B
1B
500M
Empowering China’s women entrepreneurs
300M
274M
Rural to urban migration is a widespread phenomenon in China. According to government statistics,
internal migrants account for approximately 20
percent of the total population of China, or 274
million people as of 2014. Over one-third of these
are women, who face serious barriers in achieving
equity and access to state benefits and social
resources. Since the late 1990s, the Foundation
has supported initiatives to level the playing field
for migrant women in China as they seek higher
levels of socio-economic wellbeing. More recently,
as living expenses in big cities now outpace wage
increases in the manufacturing and service sectors,
we are working with local partners to enable migrant
women to become successful entrepreneurs through
business skills training and mentoring, and linking
them with affordable local lending resources for
business loans. Our latest program in Shanghai
enrolled 109 migrant women entrepreneurs in 2014,
and many more will benefit in the years to come.
12
200M
100M
90M
F EMA LE
MIGRA NT WOR KER S
1M
Bringing legal advice and representation
to Lao citizens
Rule of law is still nascent in
Laos. Where legal frameworks or
policies exist, Laos lacks effective
mechanisms to implement such
laws; and there is low awareness
of many laws and rights among
citizens. The Asia Foundation
promotes greater understanding
of and access to justice, focusing
in particular on legal aid and village
mediation in order to ensure that
rural and disadvantaged populations
Strengthening access to justice
and protection in Pakistan
Although Pakistan’s constitution
provides for equality and equal
protection before the law, vulnerable
populations face difficulties in accessing
channels of justice. These include ethnic
and religious minorities, survivors of
gender-based violence, and persons
with disabilities. With support from
the U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human
Rights and Labor, we helped provide
legal aid in 13 districts and supported
advocacy on protection measures
in all four provincial capitals and in
Islamabad. We are working closely with
16 organizations, including 13 legal aid
centers. The staff of these centers are
specifically equipped to serve religious
minorities, victims of gender violence,
and other vulnerable populations.
13
are served by the justice system.
Working with the Lao Bar
Association and Ministry of Justice,
we have contributed to building
the capacity of the legal profession
and empowering citizens to access
legal information and rights. The
Asia Foundation also supports the
National Assembly in their role of
monitoring government officials’
adherence to the rule of law.
Digital technology supports
government transparency
and urban service delivery
in Mongolia
The 25-year old democracy of Mongolia is
undergoing a digital revolution. We are improving
transparency and helping eradicate corruption
in the capital, Ulaanbaatar, by developing an
integrated database of 48,000 key decisions
and city legislation. Among other issues these
efforts are contributing to effective land
permission and title issuance, highly contentious
issues. Last year we digitized more than 150
detailed land demarcation maps for a website
where citizens and city officials can now find
information, download maps, and avoid disputes.
In addition, we combined community participation
with digital tools to establish a community
mapping website for citizens and city officials,
where they can explore and download maps
for advocacy and planning. Recently we helped
develop a pilot electronic customer database on
solid waste collection, linked to Ulaanbaatar’s
Citizen Service Center, to enable residents of
the city’s sprawling ger districts to provide
direct feedback on collection services via SMS.
14
Helping Cambodian families uprooted
in illegal land concessions
Cambodia’s economic development
has been driven in part by exploitation
of natural resources, bringing the elite
into conflict over land rights with the
less powerful, affecting hundreds of
thousands of people. Land concessions
to private investors rarely follow legal
requirements, and courts systematically
fail to check abuses of power. With
support from USAID, we provided grants
to local human rights and grassroots
groups to counter violations and
mobilize communities. Our actions
supported more than 12,000 families
fighting land disputes in 20 provinces
and the training of nearly 1,500 citizens
on human rights and land law.
Despite the tremendous gains
for women since 2001, Afghan
women today continue to face
significant challenges, including
barriers to political and
economic participation.
— Judge Najla Ayubi,
80%
Asia Foundation’s deputy country
representative in Afghanistan
OF CAMBODIANS
DEPEND ON AGRICULTURE
FOR LIVELIHOODS
400,000
AFFECTED BY LAND DISPUTES
*since 1993
Justice for Afghan women
affected by violence
Women’s rights and access to justice are essential if Afghanistan is
to achieve a lasting peace. From our active office in Kabul, we are
working to change perceptions and misinterpretations, and we partner
with religious leaders and Islamic scholars to ensure laws aren’t seen
as being in contradiction with Islam. With support from the Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, we reached more than 2,900
women and provided training and materials related to women’s rights
in Islam and the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women.
15
IN A FLOURISHING SOCIETY
LEADERS ARE RESPONSIVE AND ETHICAL
Helping reformers in Timor-Leste advance
good public policy
We support public policies that
reflect community needs, and
are actively working to help build
a network of influential policy
reformers. Regular meetings,
workshops, and locally led research
agendas provide for meaningful
change and a reform agenda
that will have a positive impact
on development outcomes for
Timorese citizens. With support
from the Australian Department
Asia Foundation Development Fellows
selected as BBC’s 100 Women
of Foreign Affairs and Trade, we
are working with nearly 40 midcareer Timorese professionals from
a wide variety of institutions, civil
society organizations, universities,
and media outlets to address
issues like inclusive government
policy. This year, the group hosted
its first public forum, with a
keynote address by Nobel Peace
Laureate H.E. José Ramos-Horta.
Asia’s youth population will
reach 460 million by 2030. The
opportunity for youth to lead in
shaping Asia’s future is enormous.
The Asia Foundation Development
Fellows: Emerging Leadership for
Asia’s Future program provides a
coveted new platform for these
emerging leaders. We recognize and
empower promising young NGO and
civil society leaders, government
officials and policymakers, social
entrepreneurs, journalists, environmentalists, and academics – to
encourage lasting solutions to the
17
region’s most pressing development
challenges. Our inaugural 2014 class
of 10 fellows included Dwi Rubiyanti
Kholifah, director of Indonesia’s
Asian Muslim Action Network; Nepal’s
nationally acclaimed journalist
and women’s rights advocate Jaya
Luintel; and Thai engineer and social
entrepreneur Salinee Tavaranan.
These three fellows were tapped
for the BBC’s 100 Women 2014, a
powerhouse of top young women
leaders across the globe that
symbolize the BBC’s pledge to better
represent women in its coverage.
LIVES AFFECTED BY FLOODING IN SOUTH ASIA
More than 286,000
INDUS RIVER
BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER
NEPAL
GANGES RIVER
INDIA
Nearly 35 million
BANGLADESH
Nearly 11 million
Fostering transparency, data-sharing, and
policy dialogue on river systems in India
South Asia is one of the most densely populated and water scarce regions
in the world. In India, demand for water is rapidly increasing with the pace
of urbanization, energy consumption, and food production intensifying faster
than ever before. India draws most of its fresh water supply from large
international river basins. In managing shared rivers, regional cooperation
on water remains a key constraint. We are focused on convening multistakeholder and multi-country dialogues and engagements on shared rivers.
Our most recent work seeks to promote open sharing of water and climate
data in South Asia. With support from the Skoll Global Threats Fund and in
partnership with the World Resources Institute, we assessed the availability of
data and information relating to four transboundary rivers in Bangladesh, India,
and Nepal, building the capacities of civil society and the
media to utilize transparency tools and mechanisms.
Floods are a frequent occurrence in South Asia, where for centuries,
transboundary rivers such as the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra,
have served as the cradles of civilization. Worshipped, revered, and
the source of livelihoods for an estimated 700 million, these rivers
are the lifeline of the subcontinent but also the source of much
misery and devastation.
MAP DATA: FLOODS 2009-2014
18
Washington
Our Washington office provides
substantive dialogues with key
audiences on policy issues facing
Asia. Roundtables, forums, lectures,
and dialogues provide policymakers,
nongovernmental leaders, journalists,
and scholars with opportunities
to engage with the latest thinking
and views from Asia. To mark the
Foundation’s 60th anniversary, we
honored Senator Dianne Feinstein
of California with the first-ever Asia
Foundation Chairman’s Award
for her commitment to U.S.Asia Relations at a special
Ambassadors Dinner, where
ambassadors from across
Asia gathered to mark the
Foundation’s pioneering work
over six decades. Foreign policy
experts and officials, journalists
who cover the region, and highly
accomplished Luce Scholars
program alumni attended.
Investing in Korean leadership
and institutions
We created a two-way exchange
between Korea and Mongolia to
deepen understanding among
development partners and aid
providers about urbanization
issues in Mongolia and how
Korean development experience
can respond to these development
challenges. With support from
the KDI School of Public Policy
and Management, we placed
10 KDI graduate students in
19
development studies at six of
our Foundation offices in Asia to
gain first-hand experience and
broaden their perspectives. Our
special partnership with KDI has
brought together more than 100
leading experts and practitioners
across the region as well as from
the U.S. and Australia to examine
commonalities and differences
among Asian development
cooperation approaches.
Exchanges
Our prestigious Exchange programs help shape perceptions of the Asians
and Americans who take part in multifaceted academic studies, conferences,
special programs, and study tours. Foundation grants have provided
thousands of current and future leaders with opportunities to exchange
views and gain direct experience with regions other than their own.
MONGOLIA
CHINA
AFGHANISTAN
JAPAN
UNITED STATES
KOREA
PAKISTAN
NEPAL
INDIA
BANGLADESH
VIETNAM
MYANMAR LAOS
RECENT SAMPLE EXCHANGES
THAILAND
CAMBODIA
4TH AUSTRALIA-ASEAN EMERGING LEADERS
PHILIPPINES
ASIAN APPROACHES TO SOCIAL MOBILITY
ASIA FOUNDATION DEVELOPMENT FELLOWS
SRI LANKA
MALAYSIA
CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES OBSERVATION
KDI SCHOOL STUDENT EXCHANGE
SINGAPORE
LANKACORPS
LUCE SCHOLARS
MYANMAR PARLIAMENTARY STUDY TOUR
INDONESIA
URBAN GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE DELIVERY STUDY TOUR
TIMOR-LESTE
20
2014 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
THE ASIA FOUNDATION CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION (IN THOUSANDS)
FY14
REVENUE, SUPPORT & INCOME
Government: Bilateral & Multilateral Institutions
117,513
Foundations, Corporations, & Individuals
5,136
122,649
ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES
EXPENDITURES
Programs, Grants, & Related Services
108,499
12,968
General Administration
Fundraising842
122,309
Change in Net Assets from Operations
Non-operating Income
89% PROGRAMS
340
686
BOOKS IN-KIND
Donated Books & Related Materials
Distribution of Books & Materials
Inventory Reduction
3,986
11,178
(7,192)
Total Change in Net Assets
(6,166)
11% ADMINISTRATIVE
Management is responsible for the preparation of The Asia Foundation’s financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America, and for the financial information presented in this report. This responsibility includes maintaining the integrity and objectivity of financial records,
protection of Foundation assets, and compliance with funder restrictions and instructions. The Foundation’s financial statements have been audited by Clark Nuber, P.S.,
independent certified public accountants. It is the opinion of the independent auditor that the financial statements as of and for the year ended September 30, 2014,
are fairly stated in all material respects in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The independent auditor’s report and complete audited financial
statements and accompanying footnotes can be viewed at asiafoundation.org.
21
DONORS
Donations Received Fiscal Year 2014
(October 1, 2013 – September 30, 2014)
INDIVIDUALS
TRUSTEE’S CIRCLE ($25,000 +)
Anonymous (2)
Michael H. Armacost
Gina Lin Chu
Jerome and Thao Dodson
Phyllis and William H. Draper III
Theodore and Karen Eliot III
Winnie and Michael Feng
Walter J. Frost
Lucille M. Jewett
Stephen and Maria Kahng
Bill S. and Mary Kim
S. Timothy Kochis and Penelope Wong
Chien Lee
Chong-Moon and Reiko Lee
Meredith Ludlow and Marc Teillon
Janet and Thomas Montag
William H. and Sally Neukom
Clint and Janet Reilly
Thomas and Shelagh Rohlen
Kazuko Saito
Masako and James Shinn
Judith Wilbur
Haydn Williams
Alice Young
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
($10,000 - $24,999)
Terrence B. Adamson and Ede Holiday
Todd Ahlsten
David D. and Sherry Arnold
Ron D. Boring and Christine LeGrand
Alexander and Cornelia Calhoun
William M. Carey
Roger and Margo Coleman
Howard Cox
Hong Seok-hyun
Ernest M. and Jean M. Howell
Ta-lin and Joyce Hsu
Lin Jamison
Kenneth I. Juster
Ida Liu
Deryck and Va Maughan
Emily and Scott McLellan
Dan and Devon Morehead
Carol Rattray
Missie Rennie and Zach Taylor
The Edward John and Patricia
Rosenwald Foundation
Suzanne E. Siskel and Peter Gajewski
Paul and Mary Slawson
Bryan Snyder
Masamoto Yashiro
BENEFACTOR ($5,000 - $9,999)
William S. Anderson
Victoria and Michael Callen
Charles Conroy and Debby Carter
Judith-Ann Corrente
Tania Das
Martin Geller and Lauren Schor-Geller
Barbara and Peter Georgescu
Eileen Pennington and Michael Green
Carolyn Hsu-Balcer and Rene Balcer
Caroline and Edward Hyman
John Irwin
Reuben and Robin Jeffery III
Vickie Johnston
Terence and Linda Yu Lam
James and Rebecca Morgan
Lauren Kahea Moriarty
Joseph Nellis
Gordon and Dailey Pattee
Joan Pierpoline and Chin Koock
Kathleen M. Pike
Red Crane Foundation
Sanford and Jeanne Robertson
J. Stapleton Roy
Nobuko Sakurai
Rick Smith and Soon-Young Yoon
Linda Tsao Yang
The John L. and Sue Ann
Weinberg Foundation
PATRON ($1,000 - $4,999)
Anonymous (1)
Naren and Niti Agrawal
Maria and Ronald J. Anderson
Mattia Filiaci and Kim Azzarelli
William L. Ball, III
Connie and Barry Baron
Doris Bebb
Jerry and Margot Bogert
John and Barbara Bohn
Victoria Burton
Sharon Bush
Jim and Flip Caldwell
Polly Carter Weissman
Lisa and Dick Cashin
Lillian and David Chun
William and Nathalie Comfort
Karen Crow and Liz Bremner
Miyoko Davey
22
Lyn Devon
Marsha Dubrow
Elizabeth Economy
Barbara and William Edwards
Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.
Karen Elizaga and Jay Ptashek
Margot Paul Ernst
Elliot Feng
Bill and Sako Fisher
John H. Foster
William P. Fuller
Jonathan and Amy Gallen
Thomas M. Gottlieb and Carol A. Kirsh
Adrienne Halper
Michelle Koo Hayashi
Leslie and George Hume
Harry and Monika Hunt
Karl F. and Meredith R. Inderfurth
Carlton Rochell and Kathleen Kalista
James A. Kelly
Susan R. Kessler
Jeanie and Murray Kilgour
Ellen Laipson
James Lally
David M. Lampton
Andrew Lawrence
Kevin B. Louie
Karen L. McDonald
Edythe Messer
Gillian and Eduardo Mestre
Daniel R. Mintz and Meredith Berkman
Robert and Maura Morey
Gary and Joey Mosko
Amy and Greg Ovalle
Douglas H. Paal
George R. Packard
Louise Parent and John Casaly
Elizabeth and Ralph Peer
Mary Ann Peters
Marianne H. Peterson
Kim Quyen Pham
Susan J. Pharr
Jeremy Potash
Sunder and Varna Ramaswamy
Keith and Rose-Lee Reinhard
Andrew Right
Diane H. Schafer
Teresita Schaffer
Ken Krug and Andrea Scharf
Joan D. Schneider
Frank J. and Paula Carien Schultz
Lindon Seed
Chad Shampine
Michael Shapiro
Deshi K. Singh
Donald Steinberg
Kathleen Stephens
Judy Swanson
George and Barbara Sycip
Patricia P. Tang
Marjorie Tiven
Fenton and Genevieve Tom
Euni and William Valentine
Melanne Verveer
Barbara Vogelstein
Doreen Wang
William and Ingrid Wheeler
Carol H. Yost
Mary Young
Min Zhang
Nadia Zilkha
SUPPORTER ($500 - $999)
Anonymous (4)
Walter and Maria Luiza Adamson
Donna Ames-Heldfond
Emily Arnold and Brendan Glackin
William S. Atkins
Helina Au
George Baker and Lauren Jennings
Juliet Bergh
J. Dennis Bonney
Mary Brown Bullock
Andrew Clerico
Z. Gale Cogan
Christopher Cooper
Juliette Cottrill
Rebecca and Maurice D’Lima
Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Droppa
Catherine Farrell
Kevin F. Flynn
Iris M. Giordano
Irene Hahn
Anne Halsted
Elizabeth Hammer
William and Barbara Heil
Ann Hotung
Sania Ilahi
J.I. Foundation, Inc.
George Jewett
Richard E. Jorgensen
Laurent Key
James Lastoskie
Rosemarie Lieberman
Betty Louie
Ingrid and Leland Miller
Suzanne and Wulfrin Oberlin
Aey Phanachet
Maria Olivieri Quinn
Peter and Margaret Rude
David and Linda Schneider
Mary Souza/EPMG & Carat
Constance and Stephen Spahn
Alan L. and Jacqueline B. Stuart
Leopold Swergold
Scott and Michele Thayer
Dolores and Clifton Wharton
Aspasia Zoumas
FRIEND (UP TO $499)
Anonymous (21)
Joseph Alim
John Allen
Maricris Antonio-Julian
Ric Austria
Elinor Bachrach
Paula Bailey
Andrew Baptiste
Effie Baram
Barbara L. Barck
Jennifer Belardi
Douglas and Louise Bereuter
Lawrence and Joyce Bohan
Susan and James Breece
Herbert Bridge
Malcolm and Sarah Brownlee
Dean Buck
Nicola Burt and Chris Banks
Jason Cali
Christine Callaghan
Emily Chang
Sophia Chang
Alex Chao
Lawrence Chen
23
Dan Choi
Manish Chopra
Charlene Chow
Kamil Chytka
Helen Cristofalo
Michael Dal Bello
Mark and Linda Dalsin
Lawrence Danter
Sharon De Courcey
Georgia and Michael de Havenon
Melinda Delis
Nick Dill
Dana Dirickson
Rob Dretler and Muffie Michaelson
Melissa Drews
Diane Dunn
Roger Ernst
Ronald and Sonia Ettinger
John and Deborah Evangelakos
Jennifer Fan
Lisa Fei
Maria and Joseph Finetti
John and Margaret Francis
Elroy Fulmer
Vanita Gaonkar
Barbara and Ronald George
Wendell and Hilde Gerken
Suzanne and Richard Gerson
Lisa Girard
Cerlen Gregorio
Madely Ross and Spencer Griffith
Diane Gubelli
The Hamptons - Patty, Tyler, & Mason
Kaye Heafey
Beatrice Heggie
Gordon R. Hein
Melanie Hildebrant
Doug Hollin
DeJerome Hollywood
Scott Honey
Nancy Hopkins and Bruce McKenney
Karen Hsu
Peter Hsu
Le Hui
Soji Iida
Alexia Innis
Sally Jackoway
Andrew Jacobs
Wesley Jamison
Timothy Joines
Amy Kao
Joan Kask
Robert L. Katz
Shailesh Kelkar
Saad Khan
Nixa Khuon
Rene Kim
Anand Kinkhabwala
Amy Klatzkin and Terry Fry
Patrice Kopistansky
Ralph and Carol Kuiper
Leslie Laconsay
Robert Lawrence
Dong Ho Lee
J. Lee
Joanne Lee
Nancy Lemon
Ronald Leven
Herbert Levin
Lyn Lewis
Michael Lieberman
Wilson Lin
Jian Lin
Bryna Loewenstein
Helen Loh
Thomas Lumpkin
Samita Mannapperuma
Ana Mariona
Craig Martinez
Christen Martosella
Cindy Mathew
Ruth May
Mr. Chaitanya Mehra
Suketu Mehta
Bonnie Melville and Dan TerLouw
Leigh Anne Miller
Jane Miller Chai
John G. Mori and Adela Tax
Jack Moshman
Dan and Dimity Mueller
Douglas P. Murray and
Peggy Blumenthal
Joe Newman and Rachel Freeman
Lana Nguyen
Hiro and Betty Jean Ogawa
Nancy Oliveira
Joshua Orkin
Kwame Owusu-Kesse
Shannon Pan
Kate Peachway
Linda Perlmutter
Alice and Robert Piccus
Anupama Poole
Matthew Potter
Nicholas Prickel
Sara Putcha
Edmond Quan
Harriet Quarre
Mohammad and Fatema Rahman
Vo Ram Yoon
Jennifer Rusk
Kenneth T. Sabotta
Paul Sargen
Elliott Schiffmann
Erich F. Schimps
Margaret Scott
Sheldon Severinghaus
Aaron Silva
Simran Singh
Rebecca Singleton
Ashok Sinha
Scott Slayton
Laura L. Smith
Michael Smith
Robert Sokolich
Kristin Soong
Nicolas Stahl
William Su
Katie Sullivan
Jeffrey Sun
Edith and Harry Surh
Edward Sykes
Suzanne Takeuchi
Michelle Teillon
Anne Teller
Josef Teplow
Sandra J. Tillin
Jane Tjian
Hung Tran
Stephen Uhalley
Ruslan Usmanov
Elizabeth Vera
Andrey Vlasov
Yufeng Wang
24
Sarah Wan-Yau and Joseph Yau
Walter and Susan Wessels
Tim Whalen
Russell Whiting
Mira Wijayanti
Michael Wong
Huixian Ye
Elizabeth Yee
Lin Yee
Anthony Yin
Marwan Younes
Lukuan Yu
Nancy Yuan
Philip W. Yun and Melissa A. Millsaps
Dan Zhang
Sarah Zhao
Bohan Zhou
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
Adler & Colvin
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
AT&T Employee Giving Campaign
Atish Dipankar University of
Science and Technology
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bravia Capital Partners, Inc.
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Chevron Corporation
China Guardian Auctions Co., Ltd
Christie’s
Chubb Corporation
Citi Private Bank
Clark Nuber
Connell Brothers, A Division of
Wilbur-Ellis Company
Felix De Silva Trust
Dell, Inc. Corporate Giving Program
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
Ernst & Young
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
The Ford Foundation
Franklin Templeton Investments
Freeport-McMoRan Foundation
Friends of The Asia Foundation, Korea
AIG
Air Busan
GM Korea
YBM
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
GE Foundation
Give2Asia
Goldman Sachs & Co.
The GSRD Foundation
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP
Intel Corporation
Jamison Capital Partners, LP
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Kahng Foundation
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Korean-American Association
Koret Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
Levi Strauss Foundation
Liberty Mutual Insurance - Give with
Liberty Employee Donations
Henry Luce Foundation
MAS Holdings
The McConnell Foundation
Medtronic, Inc.
Australian High Commission,
in Bangladesh
Australian Federal Police
British Embassy, in Afghanistan,
Philippines, and Vietnam
British High Commission, in Sri Lanka
Canadian International Development
Agency
Consulate General of the People’s
Republic of China
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Trade and Development (Canada)
Danish International Development
Agency
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Indonesia
Department for International
Development, United Kingdom
European Union
German Embassy, in
Bangladesh
International Development
Research Centre
International Labour Office
Irish Aid
Korea Development Institute
Korea Development Institute School
of Public Policy and Management
Korea International Cooperation
Agency
Korea Women’s Development Institute
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
in Afghanistan, Indonesia, and
Timor-Leste
New Zealand Aid
The Merali Foundation
MoneyGram Foundation
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Parnassus Investments
Pfizer Malaysia
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP Employee Giving
Pubali Bank Ltd.
RBC Capital Markets
Rizk Ventures LLC
The Rockefeller Foundation
Rotary International
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Chong-Moon Lee Foundation
Texas Instruments Community Fund
Skoll Global Threats Fund
Sri Lanka Telecom PLC
St. Francis Xavier University
The Sungkok Foundation
for Journalism
Tiffany & Co.
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Union Bank
U.S. Intermodal Maritime Inc.
Vista Equity Partners
Warburg Pincus LLC
Watawala Plantations PLC
Wells Fargo Insurance Services
GOVERNMENT AND
MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS
Agence Française de Développement
(French Agency for Development)
Australian Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade
25
Royal Netherlands Embassy,
in Afghanistan, China, Indonesia,
and Pakistan
Royal Danish Embassy, in Indonesia
and Nepal
Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation
Swiss Federal Department of
Foreign Affairs
Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF)
United States Congress
United States Department of State
United States Embassy, in
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal,
Philippines, and Sri Lanka
United States Agency for International
Development
United Nations Population Fund
The World Bank
BOOKS FOR ASIA (IN-KIND)
Algonquin Road School
Astan Publications
Chronicle Books
Contributions and Donations, Inc.
First Book
Guilford Press
Harvard Business Review Press
Hoopoe Books (ISHK)
Jean Bartlett
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Lynne Rienner Publishers
Macmillan Publishers
McGraw-Hill Companies
Orient Overseas Container Line
Pearson Education
Pearson Foundation
Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Room to Read
Simon & Schuster
Temple University Press
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Wisdom Publications
Workman Publishing
LEADERSHIP TRUSTEES
AND OFFICERS
OFFICERS
Harry Harding1
Thomas P. Rohlen
Ken Krug
Vice Chair of the Board and
Executive Committee1
Trustee Emeritus3
Professor of Public Policy and Politics,
Frank Batten School of Leadership and
Public Policy, University of Virginia
Treasurer, Board of Trustees
Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow,
Stanford University Institute
for International Studies
Vice President, Finance and Chief
Financial Officer, The Asia Foundation
Kenneth I. Juster
Vice Chair of the Board and
Executive Committee2
Managing Director, Warburg Pincus, LLC
Former Under Secretary of Commerce
Counselor (Acting) of the
State Department
Deputy and Senior Advisor to the
Deputy Secretary of State
Michael H. Armacost
1
Chairman of the Board and Executive
Committee1
Chairman Emeritus2
Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow
for Political Affairs, Asia/Pacific
Research Center, Stanford University
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan
and the Philippines
Former Under Secretary of State
for Political Affairs
David Michael Lampton
Chairman of the Board and
Executive Committee2
George and Sadie Hyman Professor
and Director of China Studies,
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies (SAIS)
Sunder Ramaswamy
Vice Chair of the Board and
Executive Committee2
Senior Advisor for Institutional
Initiatives, Distinguished College
Professor of International
Economics, Middlebury Institute of
International Studies at Monterey Mary Brown Bullock
Secretary, Board of Trustees1
Vice Chair of the Board and
Executive Committee5
Executive Vice Chancellor,
Duke Kunshan University
Distinguished Visiting Professor of
China Studies, Emory University
Assistant Secretary, Board of Trustees6
Special Assistant to the President,
The Asia Foundation
Julian C. Rhoads7
Assistant Secretary, Board of Trustees7
Special Assistant to the President,
The Asia Foundation
MEMBERS
Teresita C. Schaffer
Secretary, Board of Trustees2
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates
Terrence B. Adamson
David D. Arnold
William L. Ball, III
President and Chief Executive Officer,
The Asia Foundation
Former U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Chief Legal Officer and Board of Trustees
Secretary, National Geographic Society
Howard L. Berman
Suzanne E. Siskel
Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer, The Asia Foundation
Missie Rennie4
Vice Chair of the Board and
Executive Committee4
Consultant
Sarah Wan-Yau6
Senior Advisor, Covington & Burling LLP
Former U.S. Congressman
Ralph L. Boyce2
Senior Vice President, Programs,
The Asia Foundation
President, Boeing Southeast Asia
Former U.S. Ambassador to Thailand
Former U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia
Nancy Yuan
Gina Lin Chu4
Vice President and Director,
Washington, DC, The Asia Foundation
Board of Directors, DC Design
International, LLC
Gordon Hein
26
Elizabeth Economy3
Hong Seok-hyun
Chong-Moon Lee
Donald Steinberg3
C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for
Asia Studies, Council on
Foreign Relations
Chairman and CEO, JoongAng
Media Network
Former Korean Ambassador to the U.S.
Chairman and CEO, AmBex Venture
Group, LLC
President and CEO, World Learning, Inc.
Kathleen Stephens2
Clare Lockhart
Karl Eikenberry
Karl F. Inderfurth
William J. Perry Fellow in International
Security, The Freeman Spogli
Institute for International
Studies, Stanford University
Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic
and International Studies
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
for South Asian Affairs
U.S. Representative for Special Political
Affairs to UN, rank of Ambassador
Co-founder and Director, Institute
for State Effectiveness
Lauren Kahea Moriarty2
Former Dean of Academics, Asia-Pacific
Center for Security Studies
Former U.S. Ambassador to APEC
Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.1
Trustee Emeritus3
Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
Executive Secretary and Inspector
General of the State Department
Dean Emeritus of the Fletcher School
Former Chargé d’Affaires,
U.S. Embassy, New Delhi, India
2013-14 Koret Fellow in Korean Studies,
The Freeman Spogli Institute
for International Studies,
Stanford University
Former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea
Franklin Tugwell1
Reuben Jeffery III5
Adil Najam
President, CEO and member of the Board,
Rockefeller & Co.
Former Under Secretary of State for
Economic, Business and
Agricultural Affairs
Dean, Frederick S. Pardee School
of Global Studies, Boston University
Former Vice Chancellor, Lahore
University of Management Sciences
Former President and CEO,
Winrock International
Melanne Verveer
James Andrew Kelly
President & CEO, World Justice Project
Executive Director, Georgetown Institute
for Women, Peace and Security
Former U.S. Ambassador for Global
Women’s Issues
Douglas H. Paal
Judith F. Wilbur4
John Foster6
International Business Consultant
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of
State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Civic Leader
Chairman and Managing Director,
Healthpoint Capital
Vice President for Studies, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
S. Timothy Kochis
L. Brooks Entwistle5
Partner & Chief Executive Officer,
Everstone Capital
William H. Neukom
Alice Young
Susan J. Pharr4
CEO, Kochis Global
Walter J. Frost4
Executive Advisor, RMI Group, Jakarta
Ellen Laipson4
Geoffrey Garrett
President and CEO, The Henry L.
Stimson Center
Dean, The Wharton School, University
of Pennsylvania
Chien Lee
Private Investor, Hong Kong
William S. Anderson
Masako H. Shinn
Retired Chairman of the Board,
NCR Corporation
Founder, Graphis Asia
27
Special Counsel and Chair, Asia Pacific
Practice Group of Kaye Scholer LLP
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of
Japanese Politics and Director,
Program on U.S.-Japan Relations,
Weatherhead Center for International
Affairs, Harvard University
TRUSTEES EMERITI
Alexander D. Calhoun, Esq.
1
Former Attorney at Law, Squire
Sanders, LLP
2
Scott Cook
Co-founder and Chairman of the
Executive Committee, Intuit, Inc.
Bill S. Kim
Until 1/14
As of 1/14
3
As of 5/14
4
Until 1/15
5
As of 1/15
6
Until 2/15
7
As of 2/15
8
Resigned 5/14, re-elected 1/15
Founder and President,
Kizan International, Inc.
S. Timothy Kochis
CEO, Kochis Global
Meredith Ludlow
Ernest M. Howell
Senior Vice President, Wealth
Management, Morgan Stanley
Smith Barney, LLC
Lee Hong-Koo
Chairman of the Board, Seoul Forum
for International Affairs
Former Prime Minister of South Korea
Former Korean Ambassador to the
U.S. and U.K.
Director, Global Services, Gensler
PRESIDENTS EMERITI
James McCool
Douglas Bereuter
William P. Fuller
F. Haydn Williams
Executive Vice President,
Client Solutions, Charles Schwab & Co.
Masashi Oka
PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP
COUNCIL
Executive Chairman, MUFG Union Bank
Clinton Reilly
Ron Boring
Former Executive, Vodafone Corporation
Chairman and President,
Clinton Reilly Holdings
Howard Cox
Paul S. Slawson
Advisory Partner, Greylock Partners
Business Leader
J. Stapleton Roy
Founding Director Emeritus and
Distinguished Scholar, Kissinger Institute
on China and the United States, Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars
Former U.S. Ambassador to Singapore,
China, and Indonesia and Assistant
Secretary of State
Jerome L. Dodson
Nicholas Unkovic
President, Portfolio Manager,
Parnassus Investments
Partner, Squire Patton Boggs (U.S.) LLP
Managing Director, U.S. Trust, Bank of
America Private Wealth Management,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
President, Connell Bros.
Business Leader
Priya Ghandikota
Linda Tsao Yang
Chairman, Asian Corporate Governance
Association
Former U.S. Ambassador and Executive
Director, Asian Development Bank
Swati Bhisé
Victoria Callen
Gina Lin Chu
Winnie C. Feng
Michael Green
Lin Jamison
Ida Liu
Meredith Ludlow
Emily McLellan
Janet Montag
Carol Rattray
Missie Rennie
Nobuko Sakurai
Masako Shinn
Mary Slawson
Alice Young
SUPPORTING PARTNERS IN ASIA
The Asia Foundation gratefully
acknowledges the generous
assistance and commitment of its
supporting partners in Asia.
Vishal Wadhwa
Ted Eliot III
Paul S. Slawson
The Asia Foundation’s Women’s
Empowerment Program to create more
opportunities for girls and women
across Asia to improve their lives.
The Asia Foundation, Australia
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Stephanie Fahey1
Principal and Founder, InTREPit Advisors
LOTUS CIRCLE ADVISORS
Stephen Kahng
A group of committed philanthropists
and business leaders who provide
advice and generous support to
Founder and Former Chairman and
CEO of Power Computing Corp.
28
Lead Partner for Education in Oceania,
Ernst & Young, Australia
Geoffrey Garrett
Alexander D. Calhoun, Esq.
1
Dean, The Wharton School, University
of Pennsylvania
Former Attorney at Law, Squire Sanders, LLP
2
Junko Chano
Executive Director, The Sasakawa
Peace Foundation
Friends of The Asia
Foundation Korea
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ichiro Fujusaki
Han Sung-joo, Chairman
Chairman, Korean-American Association
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Jack Whelan
President, The America-Japan Society Inc.
Distinguished Professor, Chairman of
International Strategies,
Sophia University
Visiting Professor, Keio University
Former Ambassador of Japan
to the United States
Secretary, The Asia Foundation,
Australia Board of Directors
Akio Harada
Andrew MacIntyre
Deputy Vice-Chancellor International
& Vice President, RMIT University
Peter McCawley
Visiting Fellow, Arndt-Corden Department
of Economics, ANU College
of Asia and the Pacific, The
Australia National University
Until 1/14
Until 12/13
Kim Ki-hwan
Chairman, Seoul Financial Forum
Former Vice Minister of Commerce
and Industry
Lee Hong-koo
Chairman, Seoul Forum for International
Affairs
Former Prime Minister of South Korea
Former Korean Ambassador to the
U.S. and U.K.
David D. Arnold1
President and Chief Executive Officer,
The Asia Foundation
Min Sun-shik
Peter M. Beck2
President and CEO, YBM
Secretary-General, Korea-UK Forum
for the Future
Lawyer, Hironaka Law Office
Country Representative, Korea,
The Asia Foundation
Moon Kook-hyun
Takahiro Moriguchi
Hong Seok-hyun
The Asia Foundation, Japan
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Representative Director and Chairman,
JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
Chairman and CEO, JoongAng
Media Network
Former Korean Ambassador to the U.S.
Suzanne E. Siskel, President
Shotaro Yachi2
Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer, The Asia Foundation
Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs
Kang Kum-sil
Hagihara Yasuhiro
Member of Council, The One Law Firm
Former Minister of Justice
Senior Counsel, Squire Sanders
Gaikokuhou Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho
Kim Jin-hyun
1
From 2/15
Michael H. Armacost1
Chairman of the Board and Executive
Committee, The Asia Foundation
Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow for
Political Affairs, Asia/Pacific Research
Center, Stanford University
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan
and the Philippines
Former Under Secretary of State
for Political Affairs
President & CEO, Hansoll Textile
President, New Paradigm Institute for
Green and Responsible Competitiveness
Former National Assembly Member
Park Jin
Executive President, Asia Future Institute
Former National Assembly Member
1
Chairman, World Peace Forum
Former Minister of Science
and Technology
Toshio Kinoshita
Certified Public Accountant (U.S., Japan)
Council Member, The Japanese Institute
of Certified Public Accountants
2
As of 12/13
Until 7/14
The Asia Foundation, Singapore
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Manu Bhaskaran
Partner, Centennial Group, Inc.
29
Ralph L. Boyce
President, Boeing Southeast Asia
Former U.S. Ambassador to Thailand
Former U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia
Gordon Hein
Senior Vice President, Programs,
The Asia Foundation
Kristin Paulson1
Director, Energy Policy for the
Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) for GE Energy
SENIOR STAFF
(as of March 2015)
Jaime Chua
Barbara Groth
Senior Director, Public Sector
Development Services
Director, Public Sector
Development Services
IN THE UNITED STATES
David D. Arnold
William Stadden Cole
Nancy Kelly
President and Chief Executive Officer,
The Asia Foundation
Senior Director, Program Strategy,
Innovation, and Learning
Director, Design & Production,
Global Communications
Suzanne E. Siskel
John Karr
Erica Kesel
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Senior Director, Digital Media
and Technology Programs
Director, Individual Giving,
Resource Development
Gordon Hein
Surya Sayed-Ganguly
David Kim
Senior Vice President, Programs
Senior Director, Global
Information Services
Coordinator, Luce Scholars Program
and Director, Asia Foundation
Development Fellows Program
Ong Keng Yong
Executive Deputy Chairman and
Director of the Institute of Defense
and Strategic Studies, S. Rajaratnam
School of International Studies,
Nanyang Technological University
Ambassador-at-Large at the Singapore
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and nonresident High Commissioner to Pakistan
Former Secretary-General of the
Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Former Singapore High Commissioner
to Malaysia
Nancy Yuan
Vice President and Director,
Washington, DC
Nicole Sayres
Senior Director, Field Representation
and Operations
Ken Krug
Vice President, Finance &
Chief Financial Officer
Gerald Martin
Director, Asian American
Exchange Programs
Barbara Smith
Senior Director, Governance and
Law Programs
Michael Regimbal
Chief Human Resources Officer
Carol H. Yost
Melody Zavala
Director, Books for Asia
Amy Ovalle
Senior Director, Women’s Empowerment
Program
Director, Internal Audit
Roger Craig
SENIOR ADVISORS
Chief Communications Officer
Erika Byrnes
1
Until 2/15
Amory Sharpe
Director, East Coast Giving,
Resource Development
Abigail Friedman
Chief Philanthropy Officer
John J. Brandon
Kim DeRidder
Erik Jensen
Senior Director, Regional Cooperation
Programs and Associate
Director, Washington, DC
Director, Environment Programs
Senior Advisor, San Francisco
30
Senior Advisor, Washington DC
IN ASIA
AFGHANISTAN
KOREA
PAKISTAN
Veronique Salze-Lozac’h
Dylan Davis
Gareth Aicken
Country Representative
Country Representative
Chief Economist and Senior Director,
Economic Development Programs
LAOS
Ameena Ilahi
Patrick Barron
Nancy Y. Kim
Deputy Country Representative
Regional Director, Conflict and
Development Programs
Abdullah Ahmadzai
Country Representative
Najla Ayubi
Country Representative
PHILIPPINES
Deputy Country Representative
MALAYSIA
Steven Rood
Debra Ladner
BANGLADESH
Herizal Hazri
Hasan Mazumdar
Country Representative
Country Representative,
Regional Advisor for
Local Governance
Director, Program Strategy,
Innovation and Learning
Country Representative
Anthea Mulakala
Sara Taylor
Deputy Country Representative
Tim Meisburger
Director, International
Development Cooperation
Ky D. Johnson
Senior Deputy Country Representative
Regional Director, Elections
and Political Processes
CAMBODIA
MONGOLIA
Maria Isabel T. Buenaobra
TIMOR-LESTE
Silas Everett
Meloney C. Lindberg
Deputy Country Representative
Susan Marx
Country Representative
Country Representative
Country Representative
SRI LANKA
CHINA
Tirza Theunissen
Dinesha de Silva
Todd Wassel
Patrick Lucas
Deputy Country Representative
Country Representative
Deputy Country Representative
Country Representative
MYANMAR
Johann Rebert
VIETNAM
INDIA
Kim N. B. Ninh
Deputy Country Representative
Michael DiGregorio
Sagar Prasai
Country Representative
Country Representative
THAILAND
Country Representative
NEPAL
Kim McQuay
INDONESIA
George Varughese
Country Representative
Sandra Hamid
Country Representative
Pauline Tweedie
Country Representative
Nandita Baruah
Sonja Litz
Deputy Country Representative
Deputy Country Representative
Deputy Country Representative
31
SENIOR ADVISORS
Pamella Odhner, SINGAPORE
Hisini Huang, TAIPEI
Kaori Kuroda,TOKYO
CONTACT US
ASIA
HEADQUARTERS
AFGHANISTAN
465 California St., 9th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104 USA
Tel: +93 (0) 75-202-3558
Tel: +856 (21) 454-300
[email protected] [email protected]
LAOS
MAILING ADDRESS
BANGLADESH
PO Box 193223
San Francisco, CA 94119-3223
Tel: (415) 982-4640
Fax: (415) 392-8863
[email protected]
Tel: +880 (2) 882-6941
Tel: +60 (3) 2282-0385
[email protected] [email protected]
CAMBODIA
MALAYSIA
MONGOLIA
Tel: +855 (23) 210-431
Tel: +976 (11) 330-524
[email protected] [email protected]
SRI LANKA
Tel: +94 (11) 205-8701
[email protected]
THAILAND
Tel: +66 (2) 233-1644
[email protected]
TIMOR-LESTE
Tel: +670-331-3457
[email protected]
WASHINGTON, DC
1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW,
Suite 815
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 588-9420
Fax: (202) 588-9409
[email protected]
CHINA
MYANMAR
VIETNAM
Tel: +86 (10) 6518-3868
[email protected]
Tel: +95 (1) 570-619
[email protected]
Tel: +84 (4) 3943-3263
[email protected]
INDIA
NEPAL
Tel: +91 (11) 473-63100
[email protected]
Tel: +977 (1) 444-3316
[email protected]
INDONESIA
PAKISTAN
Tel: +62 (21) 7278-8424
Tel: +92 (51) 265-0523
[email protected] [email protected]
JAPAN
PHILIPPINES
Tel: +81 (3) 3202-8188
[email protected]
Tel: +63 (2) 722-9999
[email protected]
KOREA
SINGAPORE
Tel: +82 (2) 732-2044
[email protected]
Tel: +65-9273-3005
[email protected]
32
REPORT CREDITS:
We are grateful for the photos provided by Sunita
Anandarajah; Conor Ashleigh; Emdadul Islam Bitu;
Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Sara Farid;
Karl Grobl; Geoffrey Hiller; Kwan-Joo Kim; Whitney
Legge; Tim Mann; Pete Marovich; Tenzing Paljor;
Photo Peace of South; Roz Plotzker; Don Pollard;
Gobie Rajalingam; Abu Bakar Siddique; Richard
Tay Chiew Soon (Team2Photo Studio)
Page 18: D. Guha-Sapir, R. Below, Ph. Hoyois - EM-DAT:
International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be –
Université Catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium
Design and Editorial: Kristin Kelly Colombano,
Brent Foster Jones, Nancy Kelly, Whitney Legge,
Molly Mueller, and Amy Ovalle, with additional
support by Keith Mitchell and Mordecai Stayton
Mongolia
Korea
China
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Nepal
Bangladesh
India
Myanmar
Vietnam
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
Sri Lanka
Philippines
Malaysia
Singapore
Indonesia
Printed in San Francisco by Leewood Press using soy-based inks on New Leaf paper made from
100% recycled content 100% consumer waste, contains no virgin fiber from old-growth, ancient
or endangered forests, is processed chlorine-free, and manufactured with electricity that is offset
with Green-e © certified renewable energy certificates. The Green-e Program certifies that this
renewable energy product meets strict environmental and consumer protection standards.
Timor-Leste
Japan
Tokyo
ASIAFOU NDATION.OR G
COVER IMAGE: Satellite imagery from the ger district shows a dense neighborhood. © 2014 DigitalGlobe / Mapbox
Infrastructure in Mongolia’s sprawling capital Ulaanbaatar has not kept up with the rapid growth of unplanned ger areas, home to more than half
of the city’s 1.5 million residents, many of whom lack access to basic public services. Since 2012, The Asia Foundation has been implementing
an urban services project in Ulaanbaatar. Now, with the use of both unmanned aerial vehicle imagery and high-resolution raw satellite imagery,
Ulaanbaatar’s city municipality can make informed decisions, and ultimately improve urban planning and service delivery, particularly for the ger areas.