The private sector has a role to play in advancing social protection initiatives, but what does the international community mean when they refer to the private sector?
This is a question posed by Mukul Asher, professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, in an interview during Asia-Pacific Social Protection Week organized by the Asian Development Bank.
“The organizations have become very complex in today’s era. It’s not very easy to define public-private,” he told Devex.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.