| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
At its fifty-seventh session, the Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific decided that the theme topic for
the fifty-eighth session, in May 2002, would be “Sustainable
social development in a period of rapid globalization: challenges,
opportunities and policy options”.
Under the overall direction of the ESCAP Social Development
Division, an Interdivisional Working Group prepared
the detailed outline for this study and reviewed its progress
at various stages. The Advisory Committee of Permanent Representatives
and Other Representatives Designated by Members of the Commission
also reviewed the study outline and content.
Mr. C.P. Chandrasekhar, Ms. Jayati Ghosh, Ms. Pak Po-Hi
and the Rural Development Section of the Population and
Rural and Urban Development Division of ESCAP drafted some
of the chapters and sections of the study and the secretariat
acknowledges their contributions with gratitude. An expert
group consultation on the study was organized at Bangkok
from 23 to 25 January 2002. The chapter authors and experts
from the International Labour Organization and the International
Council on Social Welfare as well as from several divisions
of the ESCAP secretariat participated in the consultation
and provided valuable guidance on the scope, content and
main messages of the study.
Mr. Michael Chai served as a short-term staff member of
the Social Development Division from December 2001 to mid-March
2002 and shouldered the main burden of revising and converting
the different chapters and sections into a unified study.
His contribution to the final study was invaluable. The
secretariat is grateful to Mr. John Loftus for editing the
study and to Ms. Naduni Nanayakkara for finalizing the manuscript
for publication.
The photographs on the cover were provided by the Human
Resources Development Section, Social Development Division.
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