Twelfth Asian Regional Meeting

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	Bangkok December 1997
Twelfth Asian Regional Meeting	Report of the Director-General

ANNEXES

Table A1.
Socioeconomic indicators, 1995:
Developing Asia, developing countries and the world

East Asia

South Asia

West Asia
(and North Africa)

Developing
countries¹

World

Social indicators

Population, 1995 (millions)

1 709

1 243

273

4 782

5 684

GNP per capita, 1995 (US$)

830

350

1 780

1 110

4 800

Life expectancy (years)

68

61

66

64

67

Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)

36

73

49

58

53

Illiteracy
(% of population aged 15+)

17

50

39

29

25

Economic ratios
(%, 1995)

Gross domestic investment/GDP

37.1

23.0

21.5

26.5

21.6

Exports/GDP

30.6

14.0

30.4

22.8

21.4

Debt service/exports

12.3

24.9

13.7

17.5

-

Growth trends
(% per annum, 1991-95)

GDP per capita

8.2

2.2

-0.2

-0.3

0.2

Exports

16.4

12.1

3.0

8.0

6.1

¹ Includes low- and middle-income countries.

Source:World Bank: Trends in Developing Economies, 1996 (Washington, DC), table p. vii. Figures for life expectancy, infant mortality and illiteracy are for "most recent year" since 1989.

Table A2.
Ratifications of fundamental international labour Conventions,
Asia and the Pacific, as of 30 June 1997 ¹

Member State	Convention No.
Member State	29	105	87	98	100	111	138
Afghanistan		X			X	X
Australia	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bangladesh	X	X	X	X		X
Cambodia	X
China					X
Fiji	X	X		X
India	X				X	X
Indonesia	X			X	X
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	X	X			X	X
Japan	X		X	X	X
Korea, Rep. of
Lao PDR	X
Malaysia	X	¤		X
Mongolia			X	X	X	X
Myanmar	X		X
Nepal				X	X	X	X
New Zealand	X	X			X	X
Pakistan	X	X	X	X		X
Papua New Guinea	X	X		X
Philippines		X	X	X	X	X
Singapore	X	¤		X
Solomon Islands	X
Sri Lanka	X		X	X	X
Thailand	X	X
Turkmenistan	X		X	X	X	X
Viet Nam

¤ Has denounced this Convention. ¹ See table A3 for the list of Conventions.

Table A3.
Ratifications of fundamental international labour Conventions,
Arab States of West Asia, as of 30 June 1997

Member State

Convention No.

29

105

87

98

100

111

138

Bahrain

X

Iraq

X

X

X

X

X

X

Jordan

X

X

X

X

X

Kuwait

X

X

X

X

Lebanon

X

X

X

X

X

Oman

Qatar

X

Saudi Arabia

X

X

X

X

X

Syrian Arab

X

X

X

X

X

X

United Arab

X

X

X

Yemen

X

X

X

X

X

X

No. 29-Forced Labour Convention, 1930
No. 105-Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957
No. 87-Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948
No. 98-Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949
No. 100-Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951
No. 111-Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958
No. 138-Minimum Age Convention, 1973

Updated by VC. Approved by RH. Last update: 26 January 2000.

	East Asia	South Asia	West Asia (and North Africa)	Developing countries¹	World
Social indicators
Population, 1995 (millions)	1 709	1 243	273	4 782	5 684
GNP per capita, 1995 (US$)	830	350	1 780	1 110	4 800
Life expectancy (years)	68	61	66	64	67
Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)	36	73	49	58	53
Illiteracy (% of population aged 15+)	17	50	39	29	25
Economic ratios (%, 1995)
Gross domestic investment/GDP	37.1	23.0	21.5	26.5	21.6
Exports/GDP	30.6	14.0	30.4	22.8	21.4
Debt service/exports	12.3	24.9	13.7	17.5	-
Growth trends (% per annum, 1991-95)
GDP per capita	8.2	2.2	-0.2	-0.3	0.2
Exports	16.4	12.1	3.0	8.0	6.1
¹ Includes low- and middle-income countries. Source:World Bank: Trends in Developing Economies, 1996 (Washington, DC), table p. vii. Figures for life expectancy, infant mortality and illiteracy are for "most recent year" since 1989.