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Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2008

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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.

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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	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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All rights reserved. Published 2008.

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ISBN: 0116-3000
Publication Stock No. 040608
Asian Development Bank.

The views expressed in this book do not necessarily reflect the
views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its
Board of Governors or the governments they represent.

The use of the term “country” in this book does not imply any
judgment on the part of ADB as to the legal or other status of
any territorial entity.

ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included
in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any
consequence of their use.

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