Figures

The following figures highlight the significant trends underway in the Asia Pacific region and set down in the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2008.

• Figure 1.1. Real GDP growth in developing ESCAP economies and in other regions
• Figure 1.2. GDP growth to slow in 2008
• Figure 1.3. Strong contributions of domestic demand to GDP
• Figure 1.4. Inflation in ESCAP subregions, 2007-2008
• Figure 1.5. Inflation in selected developing ESCAP economies, 2007-2008
• Figure 1.6. Nominal and real oil prices, 1970-2007
• Figure 1.7. Rising food prices
• Figure 1.8. Real effective exchange rates for selected developing ESCAP economies, 2006-2007
• Figure 1.9. Current account balance for selected developing ESCAP economies, 2007-2008
• Figure 1.10. Record foreign reserves in the Asian and Pacific region, 2006-2007
• Figure 1.11. Growing liquidity in 2006-2007
• Figure 1.12. Stock markets higher in 2007, but volatile
• Figure 1.14. Budget balances have improved...
• Figure 1.15. ...as have external balances
• Figure 1.16. Strong service exports for ESCAP developing economies in 2000-2006
• Figure 1.19. Rising remittances in Asia and the Pacific, 2006-2007
• Figure 2.3. A strong fiscal position for most governments in the subregion: Budget balance in selected East and North-East Asian economies, 2006-2007
• Figure 2.17. Rapid inflation across North and Central Asia, 2006-2007
• Figure 2.23. Investment higher than savings, except in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2007
• Figure 2.25. Budget deficits remained a serious problem in South and South-West Asian countries in 2006-2007
• Figure 2.29. Investment accelerated in the Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore in 2007
• Figure 2.30. Private consumption grew more rapidly in most South-East Asian countries in 2007
• Figure 2.32. Interest rates in 2007 were lower than in 2006 or stable
• Figure 2.33. The nominal exchange rate continued appreciating against the United States dollar
• Figure 3.1. Slowing declines in poverty since the 1980s, with progress mainly in urban areas
• Figure 3.2. Agricultural growth’s contribution to poverty reduction has slowed since the 1970s
• Figure 3.3. The changing share of agriculture in GDP and employment
• Figure 3.5. Income inequality and its relationship with the change in agriculture’s share in GDP
• Figure 3.10. Weighted average rural-urban gap in access to water and sanitation in Asia and the Pacific, 1996-2004
• Figure 3.14. Trends in poverty and prices for major staple foods, 1965-2006