1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand Socio-economic Aspects of ASIACOVER Variables and indicators Selected for inclusion

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand ASIACOVER Thematic Areas for Indicator/data Selection Socio-economic Domains –Economic conditions –Demographic structure –Economic activities –Education –Health

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand 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

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand A.Socio-economic Domains: Disaggregate by rural and urban; by province:

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand A1. Economic Conditions growth in GDP share of agriculture in GDP growth in GNP per capita

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand A2. Demographic structure population by age and sex; fertility rate; population growth rate

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand A3. Economic activities Economically active population by sector, age and sex. Informal sector employment as percentage of total employment

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand A4. Education Adult literacy rate (15 years and over) Gross enrolment rate (%)

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand A4. Education Ratio of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education Ratio of literate females to males, years old

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand 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

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand A5. Health percentage of households with access to safe drinking water health services availability in rural areas

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand B.Sustainable Development. (rural)

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand B1. Access to natural resources B1.1. Access to land and irrigation: Gini coefficient of agricultural land distribution; proportion of arable land per capita;

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand 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.

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand B1. Access to natural resources B1.2. Access to forest proportion of forest land per capita;

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand B1. Access to natural resources proportion of forest land under community management; average annual rate of deforestation; area under protected management

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand 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

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand B3. Agricultural mechanisation & inputs equipment (machinery) ownership by agricultural holding; use of fertilisers per capita;

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand B3. Agricultural mechanisation & inputs use of pesticides per capita; use of animals for cultivation per landholding and size of holding

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand 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)

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand B5. Infrastructure access to roads access to transport

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand C. Food Insecurity and Poverty. Disaggregate by rural and urban; by province:

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand 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;

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand 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)

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand 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

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand MDG and ASIACOVER MDG Framework 8 Goals 18 Targets 48 Indicators ASIACOVER MDG Focus 7 Goals 9 Targets 26 Indicators

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand 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)

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand MDG Goals for ASIACOVER Goal 4: Reduce child mortality (=recommend for ASIACOVER) Goal 5: improve maternal health (=recommend for ASIACOVER)

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand MDG Goals for ASIACOVER Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases (=ASIACOVER A5) Goal 7: Ensure environmental Sustainability (=ASIACOVER B1-B5)

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand MDG Sample Indicators Poverty: Proportion of population below $1 per day Hunger: Prevalence of underweight children (under five years of age)

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand MDG Sample Indicators Education: Literacy rate of persons aged Gender equality: Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand MDG Sample Indicators Child Mortality: Under-five mortality rate Maternal Health: Maternal mortality ratio

1-6 December 2003ASIACOVER Training Workshop Bangkok, Thailand MDG Sample Indicators Combat HIV/AIDS, Diseases: HIV prevalence among year old pregnant women Environmental Sustainability: Land area protected to maintain biological diversity