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ANNEXES ........................................................................................................................................................... 284
ANNEX I - DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 284
ANNEX II- LIST OF THE UNESCO-APEID CONFERENCES ................................................................................................... 289
ANNEX III- DATA TBLES ............................................................................................................................................... 294
ANNEX IV- LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ................................................................................................................................... 304
ANNEX V -COUNTRY TABLES ........................................................................................................................................ 310
ANNEX VI – LIST OF THE UNESCO CHAIRS ..................................................................................................................... 321
RESUME ................................................................................................................................................................... 329
AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 345
Tables
Table 1 Change in the indicators for education ............................................................................................. 70
Table 2 GDP per capita (PPP) income ............................................................................................................ 75
Table 3 Age group ratio of the world population .......................................................................................... 76
Table 4 List of Asian OECD countries ............................................................................................................. 76
Table 5 Gross enrolment ratio at tertiary level in Asia .................................................................................. 78
Table 6 A glance at higher education in East Asia ......................................................................................... 81
Table 7 A glance at higher education in Central Asia .................................................................................... 85
Table 8 A glance at higher education in Western Asia .................................................................................. 86
Table 9 Principal human rights UN- treaties and the number of States Parties .......................................... 118
Table 10 Classification of UNESCO field offices by type and region ............................................................ 132
Table 11 Summary table of UNESCO-Bangkok office publications from 1991 to 2010 ............................... 144
Table 12 UNESCO-Bangkok office Initiatives for Capacity Development in Non-HE (1991-2010) .............. 146
Table 13 UNESCO-Bangkok office Initiatives for Capacity Development in HE (1991-2010) ...................... 146
Table 14 A detailed List of the OECD member countries ............................................................................. 153
Table 15 OECD member countries in different regions................................................................................ 178
Table 16 Status of the Asian countries present on OECD forum .................................................................. 179
Table 17 Asian countries’ presence in the OECD bodies .............................................................................. 180
Table 18 Summary of the publication and documents produced by Directorate for education OECD ........ 182
Table 19 Summary of the WB projects in Asia ............................................................................................ 208
Table 20 Summary of the total lending in Asia ............................................................................................ 209
Table 21 The World Bank investment in the selected countries of South Asia ............................................ 210
Table 22 The World Bank investment in the selected countries of South East Asia .................................... 211
Table 23 The World Bank investment in the selected countries of East Asia .............................................. 212