The author discusses the social impact of the Asian crisis with special reference to the impact on poverty, unemployment, education and health care. She outlines and highlights poverty alleviation strategies and social security provision in the wake of the crisis. The author notes the Indonesian...

Assessing changes in living standards in Southeast Asia in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries -- The colonial period: population and output growth in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors -- The colonial period: measures of welfare and changing living standards -- Confronting the...