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Part I: Special Chapter Toward Higher Quality Employment in Asia

Introduction and Background

What is Higher Quality Employment?

Why is the Quality of Employment Important?

Patterns and Trends in the Quality of Employment

Broad Trends

Selected Experiences

Lessons in Developing Asia

Selected Interventions to Promote Higher Quality Employment

Trade and Globalization

The Role of Migration

Raising Rural Labor Productivity

Human Capital

Active Labor Legislation

Labor Unions

Social Protection

Right-To-Work and Employment Guarantees

Conclusion

References

Appendix Cross-Country Regression Models of Poverty Changes and Formalization of Employment

Part II – Millennium Development Goals

Introduction to the Millennium Development Goals

Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

Table 1.1 Target 1.A: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day

Table 1.2 Target 1.B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people

Table 1.3 Target 1.C: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education

Table 2.1 Target 2.A: Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling

Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

Table 3.1 Target 3.A: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education not later than 2015

Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality

Table 4.1 Target 4.A: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate

Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health

Table 5.1 Target 5.A: Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio

Table 5.2 Target 5.B: Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health

Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Diseases

Table 6.1 Target 6.A: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS

Table 6.2 Target 6.B: Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it

Table 6.3 Target 6.C: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability

Table 7.1 Target 7.A: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources

Table 7.2 Target 7.B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss

Table 7.3 Target 7.C: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation

Table 7.4 Target 7.D: By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers

Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Table 8.1 Target 8.D: Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term

Table 8.2 Target 8.F: In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications

Part III – Regional Tables

Introduction to Regional Tables

People

Population

Table 1.1 Midyear Population

Table 1.2 Growth Rates in Population

Table 1.3 Migration and Urbanization

Table 1.4 Population Aged 0-14 Years

Table 1.5 Population Aged 15-64 Years

Table 1.6 Population Aged 65 Years and Over

Table 1.7 Age Dependency Ratio

Labor Force and Employment

Table 1.8 Labor Force Participation Rate

Table 1.9 Unemployment Rate

Table 1.10 Unemployment Rate of 15-24-Year-Olds

Table 1.11 Employment in Agriculture

Table 1.12 Employment in Industry

Table 1.13 Employment in Services

Poverty Indicators

Table 1.14 Poverty and Inequality

Table 1.15 Human Development Index

Social Indicators

Table 1.16 Life Expectancy at Birth

Table 1.17 Births, Deaths, and Fertility Rates

Table 1.18 Primary Education Completion Rate

Table 1.19 Adult Literacy Rate

Table 1.20 Education Resources

Table 1.21 Health Care Resources

Table 1.22 Estimated Number of Adults Living with HIV

Economy and Output

National Accounts

Table 2.1 Gross Domestic Product at PPP

Table 2.2 GDP Per Capita at PPP

Table 2.3 GNI Per Capita, Atlas Method

Table 2.4 Agriculture Value Added

Table 2.5 Industry Value Added

Table 2.6 Services Value Added

Table 2.7 Private Consumption Expenditure

Table 2.8 Government Consumption Expenditure

Table 2.9 Gross Domestic Capital Formation

Table 2.10 Exports of Goods and Services

Table 2.11 Imports of Goods and Services

Table 2.12 Gross Domestic Saving

Table 2.13 Growth Rates of Real GDP

Table 2.14 Growth Rates of Real GDP Per Capita

Table 2.15 Growth Rates of Agriculture Real Value Added

Table 2.16 Growth Rates of Industry Real Value Added

Table 2.17 Growth Rates of Services Real Value Added

Table 2.18 Growth Rates of Real Private Consumption Expenditure

Table 2.19 Growth Rates of Real Government Consumption Expenditure

Table 2.20 Growth Rates of Real Gross Domestic Capital Formation

Table 2.21 Growth Rates of Real Exports of Goods and Services

Table 2.22 Growth Rates of Real Imports of Goods and Services

Production

Table 2.23 Growth Rates of Agriculture Production Index

Table 2.24 Growth Rates of Manufacturing Production Index

Money, Finance, and Prices

Prices

Table 3.1 Growth Rates of Consumer Price Index

Table 3.2 Growth Rates of Food Consumer Price Index

Table 3.3 Growth Rates of Wholesale/Producer Price Index

Table 3.4 Growth Rates of GDP Deflator

Money and Finance

Table 3.5 Growth Rates of Money Supply (M2)

Table 3.6 Money Supply (M2)

Table 3.7 Interest Rate on Savings Deposits

Table 3.8 Interest Rate on Time Deposits of 12 Months

Table 3.9 Lending Interest Rate

Table 3.10 Yield on Short-Term Treasury Bills

Table 3.11 Domestic Credit Provided by Banking Sector

Table 3.12 Bank Nonperfoming Loans

Table 3.13 Growth Rates of Stock Market Price Index

Table 3.14 Stock Market Capitalization (US$ million)

Table 3.15 Stock Market Capitalization (percent of GDP)

Exchange Rates

Table 3.16 Official Exchange Rate

Table 3.17 Purchasing Power Parity Conversion Factor

Table 3.18 Price Level Indexes

Globalization

Balance of Payments

Table 4.1 Trade in Goods Balance

Table 4.2 Trade in Services Balance

Table 4.3 Current Account Balance

Table 4.4 Workers’ Remittances and Compensation of Employees, Receipts (US$ million)

Table 4.5 Workers’ Remittances and Compensation of Employees, Receipts (percent of GDP)

Table 4.6 Foreign Direct Investment, Net Inflows (US$ million)

Table 4.7 Foreign Direct Investment, Net Inflows (percent of GDP)

External Trade

Table 4.8 Merchandise Exports

Table 4.9 Growth Rates of Merchandise Exports

Table 4.10 Merchandise Imports

Table 4.11 Growth Rates of Merchandise Imports

Table 4.12 Trade in Goods

Table 4.13 Direction of Trade: Merchandise Exports

Table 4.14 Direction of Trade: Merchandise Imports

International Reserves

Table 4.15 International Reserves

Table 4.16 Ratio of International Reserves to Imports

Capital Flows

Table 4.17 Official Flows from All Sources to Developing Member Economies

Table 4.18 Net Private Flows from All Sources to Developing Member Economies

Table 4.19 Aggregate Net Resource Flows from All Sources to Developing Member Economies

External Indebtedness

Table 4.20 Total External Debt of Developing Member Economies (US$ million)

Table 4.21 Total External Debt of Developing Member Economies (percent of GNI)

Table 4.22 Total External Debt of Developing Member Economies (percent of exports of goods, services, and income)

Table 4.23 Total Debt Service Paid by Developing Member Economies (US$ million)

Table 4.24 Total Debt Service Paid by Developing Member Economies (percent of exports of goods, services, and income)

Tourism

Table 4.25 International Tourists (thousand)

Table 4.26 International Tourism, Receipts (US$ million)

Transport, Electricity, and Communications

Transport

Table 5.1 Road Indicators: Network

Table 5.2 Road Indicators: Vehicles

Table 5.3 Road Indicators: Safety

Table 5.4 Rail Indicators

Electricity

Table 5.5 Electricity Production and Sources

Table 5.6 Electricity Consumption and Electrification

Communications

Table 5.7 Telephone and Internet Subscriptions

Energy and Environment

Energy

Table 6.1 GDP Per Unit of Energy Use

Table 6.2 Energy Production

Table 6.3 Energy Imports, Net

Table 6.4 Energy Use

Environment

Table 6.5 Agriculture Land Use

Table 6.6 Deforestation and Pollution

Government and Governance

Government Finance

Table 7.1 Fiscal Balance

Table 7.2 Tax Revenue

Table 7.3 Total Government Revenue

Table 7.4 Total Government Expenditure

Table 7.5 Government Expenditure on Education

Table 7.6 Government Expenditure on Health

Table 7.7 Government Expenditure on Social Security and Welfare

Governance

Table 7.8 Doing Business Start-Up Indicators

Table 7.9 Corruption Perceptions Index

Part IV – Definitions

Millennium Development Goals