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Appendix II
Gross national product per head, growth rates of the population, total and urban population
Country
1970
(US$)
GNP per head
Average
annual
growth rate
of population
1960-70
Population1 (millions)
(%)
Urban
population as percentage of total population 1970
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Burma
80
2.1
28.4
19
Indonesia
80
2.0
124.9
17
Khmer Republic
130
3.2
7.3
12
Laos
120
2.4
3.1
15
Malaysia
380
3.1
11.1
45
Philippines
210
3.0
39.4
34
Singapore
920
2.4
2.2
100
Thailand
200
3.1
37.4
15
Viet-Nam (North)
100
2.8
21.6
18
Viet-Nam (South)
200
2.6
18.3
24
Source:
1 Estimates for 1971.
"Population and family planning programmes: International Labour Review, May-June 1974.
Introduction
A
factbook", D.
Nortman,
5. PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIAL SECURITY DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA
(by Kenneth Thompson)
1.
in
the
An approach to the development of social security schemes must, first place, be based upon knowledge of the needs for social protection, the priorities amongst these contingencies, and а realistic appreciation of the administrative and economic capacity to launch new schemes or to improve or extend the present programmes. Also, in order that the measures may be accorded a proper allocation of the various resources needed for their implementation, the benefits resulting from the measures, such as increased productivity due to a healthier and поге contented work force, have to be understood and evaluated in relation to the social and economic conditions in the country. Finally, in the interests of effective planning of social security schemes, there should be a recognition of the interdependence of certain other measures in the social field. For example, whilst the injection of social security funds into the health services helps to overcome the grave shortages of medical resources, optimum benefits would be derived only if in the geographical area concerned there is concerted action over the whole field of health care. Indeed, without the effective functioning of complementary public health services, the load of personal medical care might be an excessive burden on the social security scheme. Clearly, co-ordinated planning is vital; there is a
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