Youth Policy Forum (YPF) launched a new series, called “YPF History: Lessons from the past”, with its first inaugural episode “Lessons from the East Asian Miracle” held on July 12.
The webinar focused on how, just within a generation, the East Asian countries like South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hongkong have emerged from extreme poverty and achieved rapid economic progress.
Panelists for the policy dialogue included Dr Ahmad Ahsan, director of Policy Research Institute (PRI), Bangladesh; Dr Monzur Hossain, senior research fellow at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies BIDS) and Shafiqur Rahman, a doctoral candidate at the University of Oregon, with the session being moderated by Mastura Tasnim, Policy Lead, YPF Content & Editorial, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand).