Asia's strength is rooted in both its size and its diversity. Its distinct sub-regions - East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia - are arguably the most promising, vibrant, and challenging regions in the world.
"Asia has had notable success in the last twenty years, taking more people out of absolute poverty than any other region at any time in history. But Asia also faces huge challenges in nutrition, health, education, water and sanitation, governance and social exclusion." Asia 2015 report
Crown Agents works with governments in Asia to
- build new development partnerships which improve aid effectiveness and promote economic growth, facilitate trade and attract foreign investment
- strengthen state effectiveness, particularly the management of public revenues and expenditure
- improve access to basic services such as health, education, and water & sanitation
- provide capacity building for public servants through international management training
We help our clients to transform public financial management systems to support trade, modernise taxation, and manage debt, aid and investments.
We build transparency, accountability, value for money and speed into provision of development projects and programmes, particularly health and rural access, and deliver emergency support to crisis response initiatives.
We work in partnership with bilateral donors, UN agencies, international financial institutions, NGOs, and the private sector.
Recognising the potential of Asia, an office for Asia was set up in Singapore in 2008 to better support the development and growth of the region and help countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.