Behind the Averages: Uncovering Child Vulnerability in East Asia

World Vision, in collaboration with the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), unveils its most comprehensive analysis to date of child well-being in East Asia. The report, Behind the Averages: Understanding Child Vulnerability in East Asia, delivers a stark warning: millions of children across the region are more vulnerable today than they were four years ago. This deterioration, driven by conflict, climate shocks, poverty, and systemic exclusion, threatens to reverse decades of progress and risks defining an entire generation by vulnerability rather than opportunity.