Annex 1: Comparative indicators of relevance to ICT development GDP per capita ( 25 OER)/USD Population/’000 Literacy rate adult 31 (15 and above)/% Secondary school 32 enrolment/% Tertiary school 33 enrolment/% Median age of 34 population Adult mortality 35 rate per 1000 Unemployment 36 rate/% Internet users per 100- ITU method 37 (2013) Internet users per 100LIRNEasia method (2013) Expenditure on education (% of 38 GDP) Population below 39 poverty line/% Percentage urban Myanmar 1,156 Nepal 730 51,419(2014) 92.7(2011) 26 Sri Lanka 3,212 26,494(2011) 57.4(2011) 27 Thailand 6,120 20,271(2012) 91.2(2010) 28 65500(2010) 93.5 (2005) Vietnam 1,895 29 89,709(2013) 93.4 (2011) 50 (2010) 67 (2013) 99 (2012) 87 (2012) N/A 14 (2011) 14 (2011) 17 (2012) 51 (2013) 25 (2012) 27.9 22.9 31.8 36.2 29.2 102 180 102 118 174 4.02 3 4.1 0.94 2.14 1.2 13.3 21.9 28.9 43.9 13.6 13.3 34.8 28.9 22.4 0.8 (2011) 4.7 (2010) 1.7 (2012) 5.8 (2011) 6.3 (2010) 25.2(2011) 8.9 (2010) 13.2 (2011) 11.3 (2012) N/A 32 (2013) 25.6(2010) 30 (2014) 40 41 17 (2011) 42 18.3 (2012) 43 30 44 25 Calculated by authors based on GDP (OER) estimates by the CIA and population results from the latest national census. http://www.dop.gov.mm/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Census_Provisional_Results_2014_ENG1.pdf 27 http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Volume05Part01.pdf 28 http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/Pages/Activities/Reports/CPH_2012_5Per_Rpt.pdf 29 http://popcensus.nso.go.th/upload/census-report-6-4-54-en.pdf 30 http://www.gso.gov.vn/default_en.aspx?tabid=467&idmid=3&ItemID=15751 31 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2103.html 32 http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.SEC.ENRR 33 http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR/countries 34 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2177.html 35 http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.11 36 http://ieconomics.com/?q=unemployment&ref=tradingeconomics.com 37 http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.P2 38 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2206rank.html 39 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2206rank.html 40 http://www.adb.org/countries/myanmar/main 41 Calculated by authors based on enumerated population from http://www.dop.gov.mm/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Census_Provisional_Results_2014_ENG1.pdf 42 Calculated by authors based on http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Volume05Part01.pdf 26 19

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