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Key Indicators 2005: Labor Markets in Asia: Promoting Full, Productive, and Decent Employment

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ISBN: 971-561-585-6
ISSN: 0116-3000
Pub. Date: 2005
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The Key Indicators (KI) 2005 is the 36th edition of the flagship annual statistical data book of ADB.

This year's issue of KI contains a chapter on Labor Markets in Asia. The chapter highlights the difficulties the region faces in employing its large and growing labor force and outlines steps that countries should consider in moving towards full, productive, and decent employment. The KI also presents updated estimates of $1-a-day and $2-a-day poverty and projections of poverty for 2015.

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Contents

Foreword, Acknowledgements, Statistical Contacts, Introductory Notes [ PDF: 233kb | 10 pages ]

Part I – Special Chapter – Labor Markets in Asia: Promoting Full, Productive, and Decent Employment [ PDF: 862kb | 108 pages ]

1. Introduction

2. Labor Market Outcomes in Asia : An Overview

2.1 Labor Force
2.2 Unemployment and Underemployment
2.3 Urban Labor Markets and Dualism
2.4 Summary

3. Labor Markets in a Globalizing World

3.1 The Economic Context in which Labor Markets Operate
3.2 Functions of the Labor Market
3.3 The Mainstream Argument for Labor Market Reforms
3.4 Growth, Productivity, Employment, and the Role of Technology
3.5 Wage-Led Growth

4. Labor Market Policies in Asia

4.1 Overview of the International Experience
4.2 Labor Market Policies in Asia : An Overview
4.3 Labor Market Policies in India
4.4 Labor Market Policies in Indonesia
4.5 Labor Market Policies in the Philippines
4.6 Labor Market Policies in Viet Nam
4.7 The Labor Market in the PRC
4.8 Summary

5. Reforming the Labor Market to Achieve Decent Employment

5.1 Promoting Basic Rights for Workers in the Informal Sector
5.2 Strengthening Social Protection

6. Toward Full and Productive Employment: Promoting Formal Sector Employment and Raising Incomes in the Informal Sector

6.1 Growth-Promoting Policies
6.2 Human Capital Policies

7. Conclusions: Making Full, Productive, and Decent Employment in Asia a Reality

Appendixes
References

Part II - Poverty in Asia: Estimates and Projections [ PDF: 113kb | 5 pages ]

Estimates and Projections
Some Notes on the Methodology

Tables [ XLS: 40kb ]

$1-a-Day Poverty Index and Magnitude of Poor in Selected DMCs, 1990, 2003, and 2015
$2-a-Day Poverty Index and Magnitude of Poor in Selected DMCs, 1990, 2003, and 2015

References

Part III - Millennium Development Goals Tables

  • Goal 1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger [ PDF: 111kb | 2 pages ] [ XLS: 99kb ]
  • Goal 2. Achieve Universal Primary Education [ PDF: 110kb | 3 pages ] [ XLS: 72kb ]
  • Goal 3. Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women [ PDF: 102kb | 2 pages ] [ XLS: 76kb ]
  • Goal 4. Reduce Child Mortality [ PDF: 84kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 39kb ]
  • Goal 5. Improve Maternal Health [ PDF: 85kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 33kb ]
  • Goal 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases [ PDF: 103kb | 2 pages ] [ XLS: 102kb ]
  • Goal 7. Ensure Environmental Sustainability [ PDF: 112kb | 3 pages ] [ XLS: 101kb ]
  • Goal 8. Develop a Global Partnership for Development [ PDF: 112kb | 3 pages ] [ XLS: 74kb ]

Part IV - Regional Tables

  • Table 1: Poverty, Inequality, and Human Development [ PDF: 100kb | 2 pages ] [ XLS: 39kb ]
  • Table 2: Education Indicators [ PDF: 109kb | 3 pages ] [ XLS: 67kb ]
  • Table 3: Environment Indicators [ PDF: 86kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 37kb ]
  • Table 4: Health and Nutrition Indicators [ PDF: 101kb | 2 pages ] [ XLS: 50kb ]
  • Table 5: Mortality and Reproductive Health [ PDF: 102kb | 2 pages ] [ XLS: 235kb ]
  • Table 6: Population [ PDF: 87kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 36kb ]
  • Table 7: Population by Age Group [ PDF: 84kb | 1 pages ] [ XLS: 36kb ]
  • Table 8: Labor and Employment by Gender and Economic Activity [ PDF: 105kb | 2 pages ] [ XLS: 53kb ]
  • Table 9: Agriculture Production [ PDF: 99kb | 2 pages ] [ XLS: 36kb ]
  • Table 10: Land Use [ PDF: 85kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 34kb ]
  • Table 11: Total and Per Capita GNI [ PDF: 84kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 27kb ]
  • Table 12: Growth Rates of GDP and Major Sectors [ PDF: 103kb | 2 pages ] [ XLS: 52kb ]
  • Table 13: Shares of Major Sectors in GDP [ PDF: 74kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 41kb ]
  • Table 14: Expenditure Shares in GDP [ PDF: 72kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 85kb ]
  • Table 15: Domestic Saving, Capital Formation, and Resource Gap [ PDF: 72kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 32kb ]
  • Table 16: Inflation Rate [ PDF: 72kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 123kb ]
  • Table 17: Government Finance Indicators [ PDF: 102kb | 2 pages ] [ XLS: 61kb ]
  • Table 18: Growth Rates of Merchandise Exports, fob [ PDF: 72kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 103kb ]
  • Table 19: Growth Rates of Merchandise Imports, cif [ PDF: 72kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 130kb ]
  • Table 20: Direction of Trade: Merchandise Exports [ PDF: 86kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 35kb ]
  • Table 21: Direction of Trade: Merchandise Imports [ PDF: 86kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 35kb ]
  • Table 22: Foreign Trade Indicators [ PDF: 71kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 32kb ]
  • Table 23: Foreign Direct Investment [ PDF: 88kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 48kb ]
  • Table 24: International Reserves Indicators [ PDF: 100kb | 2 pages ] [ XLS: 40kb ]
  • Table 25: Money Supply Indicators [ PDF: 71kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 29kb ]
  • Table 26: Official Flows from All Sources to DMCs [ PDF: 86kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 26kb ]
  • Table 27: Net Private Flows from All Sources to DMCs [ PDF: 86kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 28kb ]
  • Table 28: Aggregate Net Resource Flows from All Sources to DMCs [ PDF: 85kb | 1 page ] [ XLS: 26kb ]
  • Table 29: External Debt and Debt Service Payments [ PDF: 101kb | 2 pages ] [ XLS: 74kb ]
  • Table 30: Debt Indicators [ PDF: 101kb | 2 pages ] [ XLS: 65kb ]

Part V - Country Tables

Pdf version contains data for years 1987, 1990, 1995, and 2000 to 2004.
Xls version contains annual time series for years 1987 to 2004.

  • Afghanistan [ PDF: 148kb | 5 pages ] [ XLS: 93kb ]
  • Azerbaijan [ PDF: 146kb | 7 pages ] [ XLS: 123kb ]
  • Bangladesh [ PDF: 154kb | 7 pages ] [ XLS: 124kb ]
  • Bhutan [ PDF: 136kb | 5 pages ] [ XLS: 98kb ]
  • Cambodia [ PDF: 141kb | 6 pages ] [ XLS: 334kb ]
  • China, People's Republic of [ PDF: 145kb | 6 pages ] [ XLS: 103kb ]
  • Cook Islands [ PDF: 125kb | 4 pages ] [ XLS: 79kb ]
  • Fiji Islands [ PDF: 145kb | 6 pages ] [ XLS: 229kb ]
  • Hong Kong, China [ PDF: 152kb | 7 pages ] [ XLS: 109kb ]
  • India [ PDF: 154kb | 7 pages ] [ XLS: 120kb ]
  • Indonesia [ PDF: 153kb | 7 pages ] [ XLS: 208b ]
  • Kazakhstan [ PDF: 145kb | 6 pages ] [ XLS: 113kb ]
  • Kiribati [ PDF: 130kb | 5 pages ] [ XLS: 85kb ]
  • Korea, Republic of [ PDF: 155kb | 7 pages ] [ XLS: 191kb ]
  • Kyrgyz Republic [ PDF: 144kb | 6 pages ] [ XLS: 116kb ]
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic [ PDF: 134kb | 5 pages ] [ XLS: 576kb ]
  • Malaysia [ PDF: 162kb | 8 pages ] [ XLS: 216kb ]
  • Maldives [ PDF: 133kb | 5 pages ] [ XLS: 162kb ]
  • Marshall Islands [ PDF: 121kb | 4 pages ] [ XLS: 69kb ]
  • Micronesia, Federated States of [ PDF: 123kb | 3 pages ] [ XLS: 68kb ]
  • Mongolia [ PDF: 145kb | 6 pages ] [ XLS: 114kb ]
  • Myanmar [ PDF: 142kb | 6 pages ] [ XLS: 426kb ]
  • Nauru [ PDF: 110kb | 3 pages ] [ XLS: 56kb ]
  • Nepal [ PDF: 145kb | 6 pages ] [ XLS: 106kb ]
  • Pakistan [ PDF: 151kb | 7 pages ] [ XLS: 112kb ]
  • Palau [ PDF: 89kb | 4 pages ] [ XLS: 81kb ]
  • Papua New Guinea [ PDF: 145kb | 6 pages ] [ XLS: 105kb ]
  • Philippines [ PDF: 156kb | 7 pages ] [ XLS: 421kb ]
  • Samoa [ PDF: 144kb | 6 pages ] [ XLS: 109kb ]
  • Singapore [ PDF: 156kb | 7 pages ] [ XLS: 191kb ]
  • Solomon Islands [ PDF: 142kb | 6 pages ] [ XLS: 109kb ]
  • Sri Lanka [ PDF: 154kb | 7 pages ] [ XLS: 113kb ]
  • Taipei,China [ PDF: 152kb | 7 pages ] [ XLS: 113kb ]
  • Tajikistan [ PDF: 134kb | 5 pages ] [ XLS: 107kb ]
  • Thailand [ PDF: 98kb | 7 pages ] [ XLS: 225kb ]
  • Timor-Leste [ PDF: 124kb | 4 pages ] [ XLS: 84kb ]
  • Tonga [ PDF: 142kb | 6 pages ] [ XLS: 102kb ]
  • Turkmenistan [ PDF: 129kb | 5 pages ] [ XLS: 89kb ]
  • Tuvalu [ PDF: 121kb | 4 pages ] [ XLS: 84kb ]
  • Uzbekistan [ PDF: 130kb | 5 pages ] [ XLS: 96kb ]
  • Vanuatu [ PDF: 134kb | 5 pages ] [ XLS: 92kb ]
  • Viet Nam [ PDF: 142kb | 6 pages ] [ XLS: 589kb ]

Sources [ PDF: 411kb |37 pages ]
Definitions [ PDF: 211kb | 17 pages ]

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This book was prepared by staff and consultants of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The analyses and assessments contained herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Asian Development Bank, or its Board of Directors, or the governments its members represent.

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