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Society at a Glance.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- OECD.
- OECD, author, issuing body.
- Series:
- Society at a Glance: Asia/Pacific
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (82 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Society at a Glance
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, 2022.
- Summary:
- This fifth edition of Society at a Glance: Asia/Pacific provides an overview of social indicators for the region. Quantitative evidence on social indicators such as poverty, social expenditures, and demographic trends across countries in Asia and the Pacific helps economies identify where they can learn from the experience of other countries.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acronyms and conventional signs
- Asia/Pacific countries and economies ISO codes
- OECD Asia/Pacific countries ISO Codes
- Conventional signs
- Executive summary
- Economic growth across Asia and the Pacific was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, but prospects for growth remain strong…
- …and while strong growth has reduced extreme poverty, income gaps remain wide
- Public social expenditure remains low in Asia and the Pacific and its redistributive power is limited
- Population ageing is a social policy challenge affecting many countries in the region
- OECD/Korea Policy Centre
- 1 Introduction to Society at a Glance: Asia/Pacific
- The framework of OECD social indicators
- The selection and description of indicators
- General social context indicators
- Self-sufficiency indicators
- Equity
- Health
- Social cohesion
- What can be found in this publication?
- References
- Note
- 2 General context indicators
- GDP per capita
- Reference
- Fertility
- Marriage and divorce
- International migration
- Old-age support ratio
- 3 Self-sufficiency
- Labour force participation
- Employment
- Early childhood education and care
- Educational attainment and student performance
- Education spending
- 4 Equity
- Poverty
- Income inequality
- Pensions: Coverage and replacement rates
- Public social expenditure
- Solidarity
- 5 Health
- Life expectancy
- Neonatal, infant and child mortality
- Child malnutrition (including under nutrition and overweight)
- Health expenditure
- Hospital activities
- COVID-19
- 6 Social cohesion indicators
- Life satisfaction
- Confidence in institutions
- Trust and safety
- Tolerance.
- Voting.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 92-64-31605-1
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