9781422283899

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Series ISBN: 978-1-4222-3490-7 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4222-3494-5 ebook ISBN: 978-1-4222-8389-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hackney Blackwell, Amy, author. Title: East Asia and the Pacific/by Amy Hackney Blackwell; foreword by Michael Green, executive director, Social Progress Imperative. Description: Broomall, PA : Mason Crest, [2017] | Series: Social progress and sustainability | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016007603| ISBN 9781422234945 (hardback) | ISBN 9781422283899 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Social accounting—Asia. | Social accounting—Pacific Area. | Quality of life—Asia. | Quality of life—Pacific Area. | Asia—Social conditions—21 century. | Pacific Area—Social conditions—21st century. Classification: LCC HN652.7 .H33 2017 | DDC 306.095—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016007603 Developed and Produced by Print Matters Productions, Inc. (www.printmattersinc.com) Project Editor: David Andrews Design: Bill Madrid, Madrid Design Copy Editor: Laura Daly