Socio-economic Aspects of ASIACOVER

1. Socio-economic Aspects of ASIACOVER Variables and indicators Selected for inclusion ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

2. ASIACOVER Thematic Areas for Indicator/data Selection • Socio-economic Domains • Economic conditions • Demographic structure • Economic activities • Education • Health ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

3. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

4. A. Socio-economic Domains: Disaggregate by rural and urban; by province: ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

5. A1. Economic Conditions • growth in GDP • share of agriculture in GDP • growth in GNP per capita ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

6. A2. Demographic structure • population by age and sex; • fertility rate; • population growth rate ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

7. A3. Economic activities • Economically active population by sector, age and sex. • Informal sector employment as percentage of total employment ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

8. A4. Education • Adult literacy rate (15 years and over) • Gross enrolment rate (%) ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

9. A4. Education • Ratio of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education • Ratio of literate females to males, 15-24 years old ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

10. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

11. A5. Health • percentage of households with access to safe drinking water • health services availability in rural areas ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

12. B. Sustainable Development. (rural) ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

13. B1. Access to natural resources B1.1. Access to land and irrigation: • Gini coefficient of agricultural land distribution; • proportion of arable land per capita; ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

14. 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. ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

15. B1. Access to natural resources B1.2. Access to forest • proportion of forest land per capita; ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

16. B1. Access to natural resources • proportion of forest land under community management; • average annual rate of deforestation; • area under protected management ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

17. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

18. B3. Agricultural mechanisation & inputs • equipment (machinery) ownership by agricultural holding; • use of fertilisers per capita; ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

19. B3. Agricultural mechanisation & inputs • use of pesticides per capita; • use of animals for cultivation per landholding and size of holding ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

20. 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) ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

21. B5. Infrastructure • access to roads • access to transport ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

22. C. Food Insecurity and Poverty. Disaggregate by rural and urban; by province: ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

23. 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; ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

24. 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) ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

25. 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 ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

26. MDG Framework 8 Goals 18 Targets 48 Indicators ASIACOVER MDG Focus 7 Goals 9 Targets 26 Indicators MDG and ASIACOVER ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

27. 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) ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

28. MDG Goals for ASIACOVER • Goal 4: Reduce child mortality (=recommend for ASIACOVER) • Goal 5: improve maternal health (=recommend for ASIACOVER ) ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand

29. MDG Goals for ASIACOVER • Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases (=ASIACOVER A5) • Goal 7: Ensure environmental Sustainability (=ASIACOVER B1-B5) ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand