centered properties which was the ultimate goal of economic develop­ ment. Hence, there was really no need to distinguish between economic and social development, and economic and social planning must go hand in hand. Social variables, including unquantifiable factors such as motivation and receptivity to change, affected economic growth and development. At the same time, economic variables such as income played a major role in promoting social development. It was the unity in planning economic and social development which was crucial in the attainment of total development. 22 B. THE PLACE OF SOCIAL INDICATORS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS 93. It was noted that social indicators were needed at all stages of the planning process -from the assessment of status to goal-setting, strategy formulation, and plan implementation and monitoring. At the assessment stage, social indicators were needed to appraise the past trends and existing state of population welfare in order to reflect the dimensions of problems being faced by society. This situational analysis served as the springboard for the establishment of goals and objectives which could be converted into numerical terms or targets by the use of social indicators and quantification of other economic variables. De­ velopment plans purporting to achieve many non-economic goals had to have quantitative measures of different social goals to serve as effec­ tive guide-posts for programme implementation and evaluation. C. THE PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE 94. In the Philippines social indicators were being used increasingly to measure the attainment of social goals. That stemmed from the basic shift in planning orientation from a narrow emphasis on production goals to the broader concern of developing strategies for economic as well as social improvement; the adoption of an over-all development strategy whereby economic development was to be pursued for social justice; increased emphasis on planning at disaggre¥ative levels, viz. 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the relationship between economic and social development, highlighting the importance of considering social variables in economic planning and using social indicators to measure the attainment of social goals. This suggests that the text is focused on the development of a country or region, with a emphasis on the interconnectedness of economic and social development.

**Category**
Economic development, Education, Health