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For the purpose of this paper an analysis has been undertaken of national plans of developing countries in Asia similar to that carried out previously for Latin America. Out of ten development plans1 examined, three bore no reference to social security (Iraq, Malaysia and the Philippines), although all these plans included chapters on health and family planning, as well as chapters on social welfare and community development programmes. In the plans of the remaining seven countries, social security was covered with different degrees of emphasis.
The National Development Plan of Iran2 represents a model exercise for the planning of social security in a chapter entitled: "Social Security and Welfare". An outline of basic objectives of social security is followed by guidelines and policies for different branches of social insurance and concluded
by a series of specific objectives and programmes for these schemes; in the next section the planned targets for the welfare services are exposed in the same manner. The chapter ends with tables showing investments and development credits allocated to both sectors.
In the Development Plan of Turkey3, а special chapter is devoted to "development and social welfare of the society under social security", in which a series of objectives is set, accompanied by a brief survey of the present situation of
the social insurance system and by a note on policies to be implemented in order to reach the above-mentioned objectives.
The Development Plan of the Republic of Korea contains a special section cn "Social Security and the Improvement of Working Environment" in the chapter dealing with public welfare. Only a very brief summary of objectives of the plan is given, however, in two paragraphs devoted respectively to social insurance programmes and public assistance programmes.
The National Development Plans of India and Pakistan cover social security under the heading of labour problems. The National Development Plan of Pakistans features a section on "Social Security and Labour Welfare" in the chapter entitled "Manpower Training and Labour". Only broad targets are mentioned in the three paragraphs of the section. In the Indian Plané, information cn the present situation of the Employee's State Insurance Scheme is given in the chapter dealing with "Labour and Unemployment" under the subheading "Labour" and only ten lines are reserved for the description of targets established for the expansion of the scheme.
Two countries in our sample which have not yet established social insurance or similar schemes have included a brief statement of the intention to set up such schemes during the period of the plan. This is the case of Thailand' which includes this project in its chapter dealing with social welfare, while the Indonesian Flan mentions in the section on manpower a research project which should lead to the introduction of social security legislation.
It appears that the above sample of national plans of ten developing countries in Asia does not confirm the findings of our analysis of the situation in countries of
Latin America, where the advance in social security planning seems to be determined mainly by the length of experience that a country has in running a sccial security scheme. In the Asian context, as it is particularly illustrated in the examples of India and Iran, the evolution seems to be determined by two factors:
1 Apart from a general trend, no definitive conclusions can be based on these samples, since they consisted of development plans which happened to be available in the ILO Library in Geneva in May 1974.
2 Summary of the Fifth National Development Plan, 1973-78.
3 Second Five-Year Development Plan, 1968-72.
• The Third Five-Year Economic Development Plan, 1972-76.
5 Outline of the Fourth Five-Year Plan, 1970-75.
• Fourth Five-Year Plan, 1969-74.
7 Third National Economic and Social Development Plan, 1972-76.
• First Five-Year Development Plan, 1969-70/1973-74.
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