KEY INDICATORS for Asia and the Pacific 2012 Printed in the Philippines Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550 Metro Manila, Philippines www.adb.org Printed on recycled paper. KEY INDICATORS for Asia and the Pacific 2012 Green Urbanization in Asia SPECIAL CHAPTER: Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2012 Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2012, the 43rd 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 Key Indicators presents in Part I a special chapter—Green Urbanization 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 Millennium Development Goals and progress in the region toward achieving key targets. The second set of tables in Part III is grouped into seven themes, and provides a broader picture of economic, financial, social, and environmental developments. This publication aims to present the latest key statistics on development issues concerning the economies of Asia and the Pacific to a wide audience, including policy makers, development practitioners, government officials, researchers, students, and the general public. This year, ADB also publishes the second edition of the Framework of Inclusive Growth Indicators, a special supplement to Key Indicators. About the Asian Development Bank ADB’s vision is an Asia and Pacific region free of poverty. Its mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their people. Despite the region’s many successes, it remains home to two-thirds of the world’s poor: 1.8 billion people who live on less than $2 a day, with 903 million struggling on less than $1.25 a day. ADBis committed to reducing poverty through inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration. Based in Manila, ADB is owned by 67 members, including 48 from the region. Its main instruments for helping its developing member countries are policy dialogue, loans, equity investments, guarantees, grants, and technical assistance. [...]... 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ and Governance Each theme is further divided into subtopics The tables contain indicators related to a subtopic The MDGs and themes in Parts II and III start with a brief analysis of key trends of selected indicators The ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶLJŝŶŐ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐĂů ƚĂďůĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ϰϴ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƐŝĂ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ WĂĐŝĮĐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŝĂŶ Development Bank (ADB) The term “country,” used interchangeably... Key Indicators ϮϬϭϮ includes as many of the indicators for the new targets as possible The tables contain indicators associated with each MDG target WĂƌƚ /// ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚƐ ŽĨ ϭϭϮ ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂů ƚƌĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĂďůĞƐ ŐƌŽƵƉĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƐĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞŵĞƐ͗ WĞŽƉůĞ͖ ĐŽŶŽŵLJ ĂŶĚ KƵƚƉƵƚ͖ DŽŶĞLJ͕ &ŝŶĂŶĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ WƌŝĐĞƐ͖ 'ůŽďĂůŝnjĂƟŽŶ͖ dƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ͕ ůĞĐƚƌŝĐŝƚLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ͖ ŶĞƌŐLJ ĂŶĚ ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͖ ĂŶĚ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ and Governance Each theme... WƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ŐĞŶĐLJ World Development Indicators World Database on Protected Areas tŽƌůĚ ŶĞƌŐLJ KƵƚůŽŽŬ ďďƌĞǀŝĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŽŶLJŵƐ t,K tZ/ thW ts^ tŽƌůĚ ,ĞĂůƚŚ KƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ tŽƌůĚ ZĞƐŽƵƌĐĞ /ŶƐƟƚƵƚĞ tŽƌůĚ hƌďĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ WƌŽƐƉĞĐƚƐ tŽƌůĚ sĂůƵĞƐ ^ƵƌǀĞLJ hŶůĞƐƐ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ͕ ͞Ψ͟ ƌĞĨĞƌƐ ƚŽ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ ĚŽůůĂƌƐ͘ dždžǀ dždžǀŝŝ Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2012 Highlights The . paper. KEY INDICATORS for Asia and the Pacific 2012 Green Urbanization in Asia SPECIAL CHAPTER: Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2012 Key Indicators for. Data Asian Development Bank. Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2012. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2012. 1. economic indicators