Indian trawlers hurt northern Sri Lanka livelihoods.
Plans to assist Myanmar's development may be doing more harm than good.
IRIN
Despite "relatively modest” development assistance, poverty and malnutrition remain prevalent in Bangladesh.
IRIN
As Indonesia’s rural poor are increasingly threatened by dispossession, is it time to adopt a more radical agenda for women and the environment?
REBECCA ELMHIRST
Opium farmers in Myanmar need alternative livelihood support.
IRIN
In Myanmar: Coaxing farmers to grow tea, not opium.
IRIN
Ethnic minorities in Myanmar call for caution as sanctions ease.
IRIN
China: Will strong-arming the government to boost transparency - and aid efficacy - may hurt countries in need?
IRIN
Farmers in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta adapt to rising sea levels and saltwater intrusion with simple farming fixes.
IRIN
Latest figures from the 2011 UNAIDS World AIDS Day report.
IRIN
Undocumented workers in Myanmar-Thailand exploited post-floods.
IRIN
Using mobile phones to send cash to relief operations to disaster-hit Philippines.
IRIN
The phenomenon of growing an elite sport in a poor province.
JOSH SUMMERS
As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Timor-Leste is gradually raising its profile in the region.
IRIN
More than 1 million cases of parents selling their children into slavery or forced marriages in Pakistan, and in one instance, for a bag of flour.
IRIN