ASIACOVER Socio-economic indicators and data

1. ASIACOVER Socio-economic indicators and data Availability at sub-national level And potential for standarisation ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

2. Lao PDR Malaysia Myanmar Cambodia Thailand Vietnam ASIACOVER data sources ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

3. Secondary data sources assessment Differences in the ASIACOVER database at provincial/sub-regional level: • Assessment in terms of definitions • Comparability • Distance from MDGs ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

4. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

5. A2 – Demographic Structure Demographic structure indicators: • do no have consistent age group classification • n/a at provincial level for Myanmar ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

6. 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) ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

7. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

8. A4 – Education (Literacy) • Adult Literacy Rate 15 Years and Over (%) by gender: n/a for Malaysia • Gross enrollment: definitions are not comparable across countries ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

9. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

10. 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) ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

11. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

12. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

13. 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. ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

14. 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) ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

15. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

16. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

17. C – Food Insecurity & Poverty • Data not disaggregated by gender at provincial/ sub-regional level • Possible to obtain gender disaggregated data only at national level ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

18. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

19. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

20. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

21. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

22. Example ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand