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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

 

KEY INDICATORS FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 2010 [19 August 2010]

SPECIAL CHAPTER

The Rise of Asia’s Middle Class

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2010/

or

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2010/pdf/Key-Indicators-2010.pdf

[full-text, 322 pages]

 

The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2010 is the flagship annual statistical data book of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It presents the latest available economic, financial, social, environmental, and Millennium Development Goals (MDG) indicators for regional members of ADB. Data are grouped under MDG and Regional Tables. Nontechnical explanations and brief analyses of the MDG achievements and economic, financial, social, and environmental developments are included. The regional tables are largely based on a comprehensive set of country tables. The country tables are not available in printed form but are available in CD-ROM and through ADB’s website. The special chapter in Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2010  “The Rise of Asia’s Middle Class” looks at the growth and impacts of the region’s rapidly expanding middle class, and resulting economic and policy implications.

 

The Key Indicators 2010 is divided into the following parts:

 

    * Highlights

    * Part I: A special chapter on “The Rise of Asia’s Middle Class”

    * Part II: Millennium Development Goals

    * Part III: Regional Tables

    * Part IV: Definitions

 

See--Part I Special Chapter

THE RISE OF ASIA'S MIDDLE CLASS

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2010/Part-I.asp

 

Press Release 19 August 2010

Asia's Expanding Middle Class Presents Huge Opportunity for Region, World - Report

http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2010/13306-asian-key-indicators/

 

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