text: for the progress made in achieving social development goals and· pro­ posed that the major task of the Group was that of examining the extent to which development indicators were used in planning, such as in target­ setting and in the evaluation of progress and impact, and to recommend to Governments and to ESCAP ways in which their utilization could be improved. · · 11. The Meeting elected the following officers: Ms. · Nimali Kannangara as Chairman, Mr. M. Holla and Mr. Joseph Lee as· Vice- Chairmen, and Ms. Minda P. Mella as Rapporteur. · 12. It adopted the following substantive agenda: (a) Review of the development of social indicators · . (i) Definition, purposes and development of social 'indi­ cators (ii) Recent methodological improvements of soci~l indi­ cators (b). National experience in the development of social indicators 3 (i) Australia, India, Malaysia, the Philippines and Japan (ii) Limitations, costs and benefits of statistical infonna­ tion systems (c) Data requirements for a system of social indicators in the areas of (i) Demography (ii) Income, health and education (iii) Other social measures (d) Application of social indicators to the planning process (i) Population as the unifying element in medium- and long-term planning • (ii) Target setting (iii) Economic and social impact analysis of development plans (iv) Linkage model for application of development indicators (e) Recommendations for the future (i) Development of social indicators (ii) Data requirements and application of social indicators 13. _The report of the Meeting was adopted on 9 October 1978. A closing address by the Minister of Economic Planning and Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) was read out by the Deputy Director General of NEDA. II. DEFINITIONS, PURPOSE, AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL INDICATORS A. DEFINITIONS 
analysis: The text discusses the development of social indicators, their applications in planning, and the evaluation of progress and impact. It also mentions the use of social indicators in areas such as demography, income, health, and education. This suggests that the text is primarily focused on social development and its indicators, rather than other categories.