This book provides a series of social indicators and includes chapters covering the general context, self-sufficiency, equity, health, and social cohesion. It also includes a special chapter on unpaid work.

This book provides a series of social indicators and includes chapters covering the general context, self-sufficiency, equity, health, and social cohesion. It also includes a special chapter on unpaid work.

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.

This is the third edition of Society at a Glance Asia/Pacific, a regularly updated OECD overview of social indicators. This edition's special features cover gender equality and social protection expenditure.

This report suggests policy options, based on the practices and reforms of other countries, in the following four areas: I) Income Distribution and Poverty; II) Tackling the Duality of the Labour Market; III) Early Childcare; and IV) Moving beyond Hospitals to better Care in the Community.