Public spending on health and education
Data collated from the UNDP Human Development reports on each Lower Mekong country's public spending on health and education, as a percentage of GDP. Collated for an interactive visualization on the OD Mekong Social development page (https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/topics/social-development/).
Additional Info
| Field |
Value |
| Dataset topic category |
- Education funding
- Public health
- Social development
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| Language |
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| Use limitations |
"All materials provided on this website are copyrighted under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO license." http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/copyright-and-terms-use
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| Dataset reference date |
March 29, 2016
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| GeoNames |
- Cambodia
- Viet Nam
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Thailand
- Myanmar
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| Logical Consistency |
Note that the data contained in this 2015 report is for various years depending on original sources used by the UNDP. Education expenditure data refer to the most recent year available between 2005-2014. Health expenditure data refer to 2013.
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| Process Step |
Downloaded the spreadsheet containing the full data of the Human Development Report, 2015 (http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2015_statistical_annex_tables_all.xls). Copied public spending data for each Lower Mekong country (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam) from "Table 9: Health outcomes" and "Table 10: Education achievements".
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| Lineage |
UNDP. Human Development Reports, 2015.
http://report.hdr.undp.org/
Full data download: http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2015_statistical_annex_tables_all.xls
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| Responsible party |
ODI researcher: David Hill UNDP: Anna Ortubia, HDRO Communications Officer, (anna.ortubia@undp.org), +1-212-906-5964
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| Attributes |
Excel spreadsheet with two tabs, one containing data and one with notes and sources.
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| License |
CC-BY-4.0
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| Copyright |
No |
| Version |
1.0 |
| Date uploaded |
April 16, 2016, 05:24 (UTC)
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| Date modified |
April 16, 2016, 05:48 (UTC)
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