A decade of social protection development in selected Asian countries

A decade of social protection development in selected Asian countries

"Over the past ten years economic growth in Asia has contributed to a reduction of poverty as well as fertility rates, and greater prosperity has contributed to gains in life expectancy. However, at present many workers still work in informal employment, frequently for long hours at little pay...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (author)
Autor Corporativo: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing [2017]
Materias:
Social security > Asia.
Asia > Social policy.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Table of contents
  • Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Executive summary
  • Chapter 1. The socio-economic context: A decade of growing prosperity in Asia
  • Main findings
  • 1.1. Asian countries are getting richer but growth has slowed down in 2015/16
  • 1.2. Trends in poverty and inequality
  • 1.3. Life satisfaction
  • 1.4. Asia is coming of age
  • 1.5. Education, student skills
  • 1.6. Labour force participation and employment
  • 1.7. Concluding remarks
  • References
  • Database references
  • Annex 1.A1. Background data to Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2. Social protection expenditure and coverage across Asia
  • 2.1 Introduction and main findings
  • 2.2. The scope of social protection
  • 2.3. Social protection expenditure trends
  • 2.4. The ADB Social Protection Indicator
  • 2.5. Concluding remarks
  • Notes
  • References
  • Database references
  • Annex 2.A1. Background data to Chapter 2

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