Tuesday, September 02, 2008
[IWS] 2008 KEY INDICATORS for ASIA & the PACIFIC -- POVERTY LEVELS COMPARED and more [27 August 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2008 [27 August 2008]
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2008/default.asp
or
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2008/pdf/Key-Indicators-2008.pdf
[full-text, 277 pages]
NOTE: SPECIAL CHAPTER
A special chapter in a new ADB publication Key Indicators 2008 offers a new way to measure poverty in the Asia and Pacific region, and also assesses the most commonly accepted methods of comparing international poverty levels
The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2008 is the flagship annual statistical data book of the Asian Development Bank. Key Indicators 2008 features statistical data for 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank, including Australia, Japan, and New Zealand. Purchasing power parity data are included, as are social, financial, external trade, infrastructure, governance, and environment indicators. The book carries nontechnical commentaries on the Millennium Development Goals. For ease of understanding, regional tables are grouped under seven themes (people; economy and output; money, finance, and prices; international flows; infrastructure; government and governance; and energy and environment). Each theme is introduced by a short, nontechnical writeup highlighting some key developments since the 1990s.
This issue features:
* a special chapter on "Comparing Poverty Across Countries: The Role of Purchasing Power Parities"
See Highlights at -- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2008/pdf/Highlights.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
* 17 tables for the Millennium Development Goals
* 103 regional tables
* 48 country tables (available on the accompanying CD-ROM) with 18-year time-series data on
* population
* price indexes
* international reserves
* labor force
* money and banking
* exchange rates
* national accounts
* government finance
* external indebtedness
* production
* external trade
* energy
* balance of payments
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2008 [27 August 2008]
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2008/default.asp
or
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2008/pdf/Key-Indicators-2008.pdf
[full-text, 277 pages]
NOTE: SPECIAL CHAPTER
A special chapter in a new ADB publication Key Indicators 2008 offers a new way to measure poverty in the Asia and Pacific region, and also assesses the most commonly accepted methods of comparing international poverty levels
The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2008 is the flagship annual statistical data book of the Asian Development Bank. Key Indicators 2008 features statistical data for 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank, including Australia, Japan, and New Zealand. Purchasing power parity data are included, as are social, financial, external trade, infrastructure, governance, and environment indicators. The book carries nontechnical commentaries on the Millennium Development Goals. For ease of understanding, regional tables are grouped under seven themes (people; economy and output; money, finance, and prices; international flows; infrastructure; government and governance; and energy and environment). Each theme is introduced by a short, nontechnical writeup highlighting some key developments since the 1990s.
This issue features:
* a special chapter on "Comparing Poverty Across Countries: The Role of Purchasing Power Parities"
* 17 tables for the Millennium Development Goals
* 103 regional tables
* 48 country tables (available on the accompanying CD-ROM) with 18-year time-series data on
* population
*
*
* labor force
*
*
* national accounts
*
*
* production
*
* energy
*
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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