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Socio-economic Aspects of ASIACOVER

Variables and indicators

Selected for inclusion

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ASIACOVER Thematic Areas for Indicator/data Selection

• Socio-economic Domains– Economic conditions– Demographic structure– Economic activities– Education– Health

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Thematic Areas for Indicator/data Selection

• Sustainable (rural) development– Access to natural resources– Use of natural resources– Agricultural mechanisation and inputs– Agricultural sector production– Infrastructure

• Food insecurity and poverty

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A. Socio-economic Domains:

Disaggregate by rural and urban; by province:

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A1. Economic Conditions

• growth in GDP

• share of agriculture in GDP

• growth in GNP per capita

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A2. Demographic structure

• population by age and sex;

• fertility rate;

• population growth rate

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A3. Economic activities

• Economically active population by sector, age and sex.

• Informal sector employment as percentage of total employment

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A4. Education

• Adult literacy rate (15 years and over)

• Gross enrolment rate (%)

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A4. Education

• Ratio of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education

• Ratio of literate females to males, 15-24 years old

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A5. Health• percentage of people affected by HIV-

AIDS from total population by age and sex

• percentage of people affected by malaria from total population by age and sex

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A5. Health

• percentage of households with access to safe drinking water

• health services availability in rural areas

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B. Sustainable Development. (rural)

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B1. Access to natural resources

B1.1. Access to land and irrigation: • Gini coefficient of agricultural land

distribution;

• proportion of arable land per capita;

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B1. Access to natural resources

• percentage of rural landholdings by size and number of household members;

• percentage of rural landholdings by size, type of tenure;

• percentage of irrigated rural landholdings by size of holding and tenure.

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B1. Access to natural resources

B1.2. Access to forest

• proportion of forest land per capita;

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B1. Access to natural resources

• proportion of forest land under community management;

• average annual rate of deforestation;

• area under protected management

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B2. Use of natural resources

• total agricultural land by potential use (forest; agriculture; grazing) and class;

• percentage of land cultivated by class (from total agricultural area);

• percentage of land cultivated with irrigation by class

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B3. Agricultural mechanisation & inputs

• equipment (machinery) ownership by agricultural holding;

• use of fertilisers per capita;

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B3. Agricultural mechanisation & inputs

• use of pesticides per capita;

• use of animals for cultivation per landholding and size of holding

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B4. Production in the agricultural sector

• production in arable land by crop, and land area;

• livestock production by size of holding;

• off-farm activities (production)

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B5. Infrastructure

• access to roads

• access to transport

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C. Food Insecurity and Poverty.

Disaggregate by rural and urban; by province:

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C1. Food Insecurity

• dietary energy supply per capita;

• percentage of undernourished population by sex and age;

• percentage of undernourished children under 5 years old by sex;

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C2. Poverty

• households under the poverty line (percentage of total- rural and urban)

• households living on US$1.00/day (percentage of total poor-rural and urban)

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Why MDG as framework?

• MDG covers range of social development issues

• MDG commitment of many countries

• MDG & ASIACOVER data needs

• MDG broadens ASIACOVER policy relevance & use

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MDG and ASIACOVER

MDG Framework

• 8 Goals

• 18 Targets

• 48 Indicators

ASIACOVER MDG Focus

• 7 Goals

• 9 Targets

• 26 Indicators

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MDG Goals for ASIACOVER• Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and

Hunger (=ASIACOVER C1, C2)

• Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education (=ASIACOVER A4)

• Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women (=ASIACOVER A2-A5)

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MDG Goals for ASIACOVER

• Goal 4: Reduce child mortality (=recommend for ASIACOVER)

• Goal 5: improve maternal health (=recommend for ASIACOVER )

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MDG Goals for ASIACOVER

• Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases (=ASIACOVER A5)

• Goal 7: Ensure environmental Sustainability (=ASIACOVER B1-B5)