The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2011 (Key Indicators 2011), the 42nd edition of this series, is a statistical data book presenting economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This issue of the Key Indicators highlights the crucial role of higher quality employment in economic growth and poverty reduction in Part I—Toward Higher Quality Employment in Asia—followed by statistical tables in Parts II and III with short, nontechnical commentaries on economic, financial, social, and environmental developments. Part II comprises the first set of statistical tables and commentaries, which look at the MDGs and progress in the region toward achieving key targets. The second set of tables, which are in Part III, is grouped into seven themes providing a broader picture of economic, financial, social, and environmental developments. The aim of the publication is to provide the latest key statistics on development issues concerning Asian and Pacific economies to a wide audience including policy makers, development practitioners, government officials, researchers, students, and the general public. This year, the ADB presents a special supplement to the Key Indicators—the Framework of Inclusive Growth Indicators, which defines inclusive growth and measures countries' progress in ensuring that economic growth benefits all.

The Key Indicators 2011 is divided into the following parts:

• Highlights
• Part I: A special chapter on "Toward Higher Quality Employment in Asia"
• Part II: Millennium Development Goals
• Part III: Regional Tables
• Part IV: Definitions

Country tables, available only in CD-ROM and through ADB's website, carry a 20-year time-series of 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