Asia's burden of human deprivations / S. Chatterjee and Divya S. Ramchand -- Strengthening inclusive growth to reduce extreme poverty and other social deprivations / S. Chatterjee -- Progress toward the millennium development goals / Harumi Shibata, Jan Smit, and Yanghong Zhang -- Asia's progress in eliminating poverty with special reference to the People's Republic of China and India / Guanghua Wan, Cuiping Zhu, and S. Chatterjee -- Ending hunger in Asia and the Pacific / S.Chatterjee, Amitava Mukherjee, Raghbendra Jha, and Vivian Francisco -- The quality of primary education / Sheldon Shaeffer -- Skills and youth in a growing Asia / Brahm Prakash and S. Chatterjee -- Gender equality and women's empowerment in Asia : the unfinished agenda / Eugenia McGill 9. Health, Ian Anderson, Indu Bhushan, and Patricia Moser -- Water and sanitation / K.E. Seetharam and Mingxuan Fan -- Migration and slums in urban Asia / Belinda Yuen -- Social safety nets in Indonesia and the Philippines / M. Ramesh 13. Enhancing Governance of Public Services Delivery, Vinay Bhargava -- Voice, participation and development in Asia / Raza Ahmad and S. Chtterjee -- Regional quest for inclusive growth / Cyn-Young Park -- Asia's future development agenda / S. Chatterjee.