Key indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2011
Edition: 42nd ed.
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Manila, Philippines
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9789290923695
Subjects: Economic indicators
Table of contents: title: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Statistical Partners""; ""Guide for Users""; ""Abbrevations and Acronyms""; ""Highlights of Key Indicators 2011""; ""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 Globlization""; title: ""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""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Appendix Tables""; ""Appendix Table 1 Countries and Period Spells""; ""Appendix Table 2 OLS Estimates of Cross-Country Changes in Poverty Incidence and the Ratio of Top 20% to Bottom 20%""; ""Tables""; title: ""Table 1 Per Capita GDP and Labor Force Statistics, by Region""""Table 2 Labor Force Statistics for Selected Developing Asian Economies (most recent year)""; ""Table 3 Distribution of Labor Force by Status of Employment in Selected Asian Economies (%)""; ""Table 4 Summary Statistics (most recent years)""; ""Table 5 Distribution of Workers by Category of Employment (%), India, 1972â€?2004""; ""Table 6 Distribution of Workers by Type of Employment and Economic Activity (%), India, 1999 and 2004""; ""Table 7 Classification Table (based on most recent year of data available)""; ""Figures""; title: ""Figure 1 Distribution of Workers by Employment Status and by Geographical Region""""Figure 2 Distribution of Workers by Sector of Employment and by Geographical Region""; ""Figure 3 Population Reporting Job Attributes as Important in Selecting a Job, by Per Caita GDP, 2000â€?2008""; ""Figure 4 Population Reporting the Most Important Attributes in Selecting a Job, By Country/Region, 2000â€?2008""; ""Figure 5 Cross-Country Relationship Between Changes in Poverty and Changes in Employment Status, 1990â€?2009""; title: ""Figure 6 Well-Being of Workers by Employment Status in Advanced Economies and Worldwide, 2009â€?2010""""Figure 7 Change in the Share of Total Employment by Employment Status, Selected Developing Asian Economies""; ""Figure 8 Change in the Sectoral Share of Employment, Selected Developing Asian Economies""; ""Figure 9 Informal Sector Employment in Latin America and Asia, 1980â€?2008""; ""Figure 10 Percent of Total Employment by Employment Status and Real Per Capita GDP, 2000â€?2008""; ""Figure 11 Percent of Informal Employment and Per Capita GDP, Developing Asian Economies, 2000â€?2008""