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IPS Asia-Pacific

Set up in the 1980s, IPS Asia–Pacific has overseen the direction of IPS work in the areas of editorial and media development in the region. Today, IPS Asia–Pacific Center Foundation Inc. is duly registered in Bangkok, Thailand and Manila, the Philippines. It also has a bureau in New Delhi, India.

Capturing voices from Asia is at the centre of the work of IPS Asia–Pacific. IPS places a premium on reportage by writers from the region on issues and events relevant to the developing world. Thanks to its broad network of writers and contributors (see box on the right), IPS Asia–Pacific offers readers a unique perspective on the evolution of the world’s fastest–growing region.

Besides producing stories that go into the IPS news service , IPS Asia–Pacific develops and undertakes regional news products. News and communication projects include: training and fellowships, development of media tools, production of conference newspapers, publication and editing of books and reports, and development of websites. Further information can be found on the IPS Asia–Pacific institutional website .

IPS Asia–Pacific receives support from the IPS International Association , and from regional partners that include or have included the Rockefeller Foundation, Asian Development Bank, Oxfam America, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan Foundation, ILO Informal Economy Project, UNICEF East Asia and the Pacific, ActionAid International, Ford Foundation, U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

IPS Asia–Pacific Team of Reporters.

For further enquiries please visit the IPS Asia–Pacific website or write to:

Johanna Son , Regional Director
ipsapdirector[at]gmail.com

Inter Press Service Asia–Pacific
Unit 3A, 3rd Floor, KSL Tower
503 Sri Ayutthaya Road
Phayathai, Bangkok 10400
Thailand

Tel : (66–2) 246 7877/78
Fax : (66–2) 246 7876

Ranjit Devraj, Regional Editor

ranjit[at]ipsnews.net

IPS Asia–Pacific India Bureau
D–302, 2nd Floor
Defence Colony
New Delhi – 110024
India

Tel : (91–11) 24615219
Fax : (91–11) 24615218

A sample of IPS ASIA’s projects and publications is available here.

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IPS Asia Pacific

IPS Asia–Pacific works with a network of writers and contributors coordinated by a regional editor and writing from places that include Bangalore, Bangkok, Beijing, Canberra, Chiang Mai, Colombo, Dhaka, Dubai, Ho Chi Minh City, Islamabad, Kabul, Kuala Lumpur, Karachi, Kathmandu, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Penang, Peshawar, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Suva, Tehran and Tokyo. IPS Asia–Pacific publishes translations of selected news stories and editorial products in: Bahasa Indonesia, Hindi, Khmer, Nepali, Thai and Tamil.

Institutional donors

IPS relies on grants and project financing for a broad range of activities. If you are an institutional donor and you wish to learn more about supporting IPS, please visit the our financing and our projects pages.

Friends of IPS

Friends of IPS is a special group of supporters who share IPS' vision and wish to be actively involved in promoting the mission IPS has been pursuing for more than 40 years. If you wish to know more about joining the Friends of IPS club, please contact the IPS headquarters.