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ASIACOVER Socio-economic indicators and

dataAvailability at sub-national level

And potential for standarisation

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ASIACOVER data sources

• Lao PDR

• Malaysia

• Myanmar

• Cambodia

• Thailand

• Vietnam

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Secondary data sources assessment

Differences in the ASIACOVER database at provincial/sub-regional level:

• Assessment in terms of definitions• Comparability• Distance from MDGs

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A1- General Economic Conditions

• Indicators of economic conditions are mostly unavailable at provincial level– Growth in GDP– Share of Agriculture in GDP– Growth in GNP per capita

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A2 – Demographic Structure

Demographic structure indicators:

• do no have consistent age group classification

• n/a at provincial level for Myanmar

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A3 – Economic Activities

• Indicators of economic activities n/a for Malaysia

• Need economically active population (13+ years) by: – age – sex – sector (primary, secondary and tertiary)

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A4 – Education (Schooling)

• Ratio of Girls to Boys in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education: mostly available but only as “Gender enrolment gap”

• Ratio of Literate Females to Males 15-24 Years Old: n/a for Cambodia, Myanmar and Malaysia

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A4 – Education (Literacy)

• Adult Literacy Rate 15 Years and Over (%) by gender: n/a for Malaysia

• Gross enrollment: definitions are not comparable across countries

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A5 – Health (child mortality, maternal health)

• Indicators not selected in original ASIACOVER list

• Indicators widely available in Health surveys

• Recommend inclusion of MDG indicators 13 & 14, 16 & 17 in ASIACOVER list

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A5 - Health

• Prevalence of people affected by malaria (1000 population): n/a for Myanmar

• Prevalence of households with access to safe drinking water: n/a for Malaysia.

• Health services availability in rural areas (n/a)

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A5 - Health

• Need to adhere to UNAIDS/WHO recommendations

• ASIACOVER to liaise with UNAIDS/WHO for coverage

• Include the rest of MDG health indicators in the database

– orphans – contraceptive prevalence

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B1- Access to Natural Resources

• Forest land data: availability difficulties for Cambodia, Malaysia and Myanmar

• Average annual rate of deforestation: n/a for Myanmar and Thailand

• Area under protected management

Conclusion: Inconsistent definitions (Owning vs. owned land; forest fires vs. destroyed area

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B2 - Use of Natural Resources

• Arable land per capita: n/a for Thailand and Malaysia

• Holdings data: availability data from Ag. Census• Irrigated land data: n/a for most countries

(4/6)Conclusion: need for more in-depth analysis

e.g. gender-disaggregated data and rural/urban differentiation; liaise with CSO/Min.Ag.

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B3 - Agriculture mechanization and inputs

• Equipment ownership data n/a for >1/2 of participating countries

• Data usually generated by agricultural census (10 year interval)

• Focal points will need to liaise with CSO/Min. Ag. For access to recent census data (when available)

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B4 – Production (Agricultural Sector)

• Production in arable land by crop and land area: n/a for Malaysia

• Livestock production by size of holding: n/a for Myanmar

• Off-farm activities (production): n/a for any of the countries

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C – Food Insecurity & Poverty

• Inconsistent definitions and methodologies

• Lack of indicators integrity

• The analysed data sources do not really meet the MDGs indicators homogeneity in definitions

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C – Food Insecurity & Poverty

• Data not disaggregated by gender at provincial/ sub-regional level

• Possible to obtain gender disaggregated data only at national level

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C – Food Insecurity & Poverty

• Poverty rate, poverty gap and Index of severity available for LAO PDR and Cambodia

• All three indicators missing for Malaysia and Myanmar

• Severity of Poverty indicator not available for Thailand and Vietnam

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C – Food Insecurity & Poverty• Dietary energy supply per capita: n/a for

LAO PDR, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

• Questionable sample size for Myanmar

• Percentage of undernourished population by sex and age (as a % of people food insecure) n/a in any of the countries

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C – Food Insecurity & Poverty

• % Underweight (weight for age) - only for Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia but not gender-disaggregated

• % Stunting (height for age) - only for LAO PDR, Myanmar and Cambodia, not gender-disaggregated.

• % of undernourished children <5 years old by sex - n/a for Malaysia; inconsistency and non-homogeneity of definitions in rest of countries

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Collecting and compiling data• Provide accurate metadata : by Country

& Data Category • Provide information within a Metadata

Dimension and Metadata Element(s) (data coverage, periodicity, timeliness, etc.)

• Key Concepts within Metadata Element(s) for one or more Countries and Data Categories

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Data categories

Core indicators Encouraged extension (s) Periodicity Timeliness

Socio-demographic data

Population

Population characteristics: size and composition of the population by standard enumeration units, derived from census, surveys, or vital registration system

Dynamics of growth: vital statistics: births, deaths, and migration.

Disaggregation of population and vital statistics data by age, sex, and geographic units

Reporting of mortality rates, crude birth rate, fertility rate, and life expectancy

Annual (Census every ten years)

3-6 months for annual updates; 9-12 months for Census

Example