This note discusses different ways for setting targets for indicators commonly used in World Bank Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) projects. It shows how targets can be set, using information about historical progress, for a selection of HNP indicators. Targets are defined as explicit...

This book presents the key findings of studies done under the ASEAN Phase III Population Project, “Socio-Economic Consequences of the Ageing of the Population” in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It begins by outlining the demographic background to the ageing...