TY - BOOK TI - A Progress report: implementation of the agenda for action on social development AV - HV 29.7 .N29 1997 PY - 1997/// CY - Manila, Philippines PB - Philippines National Economic and Development Authority KW - SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT N1 - Includes bibliographical references; I. Background -- II. Social development initiatives -- III. Emerging trends and challenges -- IV. Future directions -- V. Summary and concluding remarks N2 - The Fifth Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Social Development takes place at crucial juncture in time, not only because we find ourselves at the threshold of a new century, but more so because we live an era where humankind's capacity for engineering change has never been grater, and where paradoxes have never been more alarming ER -