Profiling Asia’s Social Sectors: The Path Forward TABLEOF CONTENTS 2Acknowledgments 3Executive Summary 7PART I: Doing Good Index 2020 8Chapter 1.Doing Good Index 2020: Rising Trends inChanging Times 16Chapter 2.Regulations: Ease of Doing Good 24Chapter 3.Tax and Fiscal Policy: Incentives forDoing Good 32Chapter 4.Ecosystem: Community for Doing Good 42Chapter 5.Procurement: Partnership for Doing Good 47ConclusionThe Path Forward 48PART II: Economy Profiles Appendix I: What is the Doing Good Index? Appendix II: Methodology and Data Sources ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The second iteration of theDoing Good Index™ and our pioneering effort toresearch the social sector in Asia would not have been possible withoutthe support of numerous donors hailing from Asia and across the globe.We thank the following donors whose support over the last two years hasenabled us to engage with partners, research and write theDoing Good Index2020: the Aboitiz Foundation, Husodo Angkosubroto and PT Gunung SewuKencana, Bangkok Bank Public Company Ltd., Ronnie C. Chan and Hang LungProperties Ltd., James Chen, the Ford Foundation, Victor and William FungFoundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Jamshyd N. Godrej and theGodrej Trusts, Aloke and Suchitra Lohia and IVL Foundation, Ging M. GonzalezMontinola, Manuel V. Panglinan and First Pacific Company Ltd., Thierry Porté,Arif Rachmat and PT Triputra Investindo Arya, Stephen Riady, River StarFoundation, SK Corporation, SM Investments Corporation, Thai BeveragePublic Company Ltd., Daniel M. Tsai and the Fubon Group, C.C. Tung, AngelaYou Zhonghui and SeaSkyLand and Jaime Augusto and Elizabeth Eder Zobel deAyala, among others. This iteration of theDoing Good Index spans 18 Asian economies,including 15 which were featured in the last iteration, and three new joiners,Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal. We received excellent support from ourpartners in each of these economies in numerous stages of the researchprocess including data collection and validation. Our partners are: Centrefor Policy Dialogue (CPD); Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC);The NGO Forum on Cambodia; Non-Profit Incubator (NPI); Institute forPhilanthropy, Tsinghua University (IPTU); Department of Social Work andSocial Administration, The University of Hong Kong; GuideStar India; Centrefor Advancement of Philanthropy (CAP); Company-Community Partnershipsfor Health in Indonesia (CCPHI); Japan NPO Center (JNPOC); The BeautifulFoundation; The Asan Nanum Foundation; myHarapan - Youth TrustFoundation; Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB); SustainableDevelopment Policy Institute (SDPI); Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP);Association of Foundations (AF); Just Cause; Institute of Policy Studies ofSri Lanka (IPS); Center for the Third Sector, National Chengchi University;Puey Ungphakorn School of Development Studies, Thammasat University;Management and Sustainable Development Institute (MSD). We would also like to thank our Board of Governors: Ronnie C. Chan,Jamshyd N. Godrej, Daniel M. Tsai and Elizabeth Eder Zobel de Ayala for theirunfailing support and encouragement. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The turn of the decade saw Asia celebrating unrivaledeconomic growth while it continued to contend withboth new and existing endogenous demands. Havingamassed one-third of the world’s wealth, it has witnessedincredible progress in education, life expectancy andinfrastructure.1,2Yet, it remains home to two-thirds ofthe world’s poor.i,3Advancements have not been equallyshared as 50 million children remain out of school, 81million are unemployed, and 1.7 billion people lackaccess to basic sanitation.4,5The region is also confrontingunprecedented global challenges. As natural disastersincrease in frequency and magnitude, climate change isno longer a distant threat. Then, fresh into 2020, came thecoronavirus. Catching the world unaware, Covid-19 sentthe global economy and the lives of billions into a tailspin. showcases the crucial enablers for individuals andinstitutions to move from ad hoc donations to moresystematic and strategic investment in the social sector.Our data-driven insights show how to build strongerinfrastructure for enabling philanthropy, impactinvestment and other types of private social investment—ultimately charting the course towards a more inclusiveand sustainable future for Asia. The right policies and incentives can help drivecapital to the social sector.iiThrough its legion of socialdelivery organizations (SDOs), the social sector isreaching those most in need. Channeling philanthropiccapital to this sector can allow governments to acceleratedevelopment along a more inclusive pathway toprosperity. TheDoing Good Index shows these policiesare accessible to all economies, irrespective of theirsocioeconomic status. Amid these trends and challenges, the social sectorin Asia has been in dramatic flux. Now, fallout from thepandemic adds pressure and impetus for the sector tostrengthen. The sector’s increasi