F. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Chapter V. VI. I. II. CONTENTS · (Continued) Page APPLICATION OF SOCIAL INDICATORS TO PLAN- NING AND POLICY FORMULATION ... · ........ . 22 A. Common country experience in the application of social indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 B. The place of social indicators in the planning . process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 C. The Philippine experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 D. The Malaysian experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 E. The Iranian experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 F, Social indicators and social welfare projects . . . . . 26 G. · Discussion and conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE DE- VELOPMENT OF SOCIAL INQICATORS ........ . 29 A. The process of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 B. The relation between social indicators and the planning process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 