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bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous
peoples and conflict-affected, as data become available) for all education
indicators on this list that can be disaggregated; 4.b.1 Volume of official
development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study;
6.1.1 Proportion of families using safely managed drinking water; 6.2.1
Proportion of families using safely managed toilet facility; 8.9.2 Proportion of
jobs in sustainable tourism industries out of total tourism jobs; 8.9.2
Proportion of small-scale industries in total industry value-added, 9.5.2
Researchers (in FTE) per million inhabitants; 9.5.2 Number of researchers
(based on headcount) per million population; 9.b.1 Proportion of medium and
high-tech industry value added in total manufacturing value added; 9.c.1
Proportion of number of cell sites, by technology; 9.c.1 Number of CMTS
subscribers to 100 population, 9.c.1 Proportion of cities and municipalities with
coverage of CMTS facilities, by technology; 11.1.1 Proportion of households
with no access to improved sanitation; 11.4.1 Per capita consolidated annual
budget of concerned cultural NGAs, as provided for in the GAA; 11.4.1 Growth
rate of consolidated annual budget of concerned cultural NGAs, as provided
for in the GAA; 11.6.1 Proportion of urban solid waste regularly collected and
with adequate final discharge out of total urban solid waste generated, by
cities; 11.6.2 Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and
PM10) in cities (population weighted); and 16.10.1 Number of verified cases
of killing, kidnapping, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention and torture
of journalists, associated media personnel, trade unionists and human rights
advocates in the previous 12 months.
Majority of these 25 indicators were not pushed for institutionalization due
to the lack of available data for the computation of the indicator. Discrepancies
in the operationalized definition and lack of methodological research were
also common reasons as to why the indicators weren’t considered ready for
adoption in the Philippines. As a result, several suggestions were made as the
indicators’ way forward before it can be institutionalized. It must be noted that
the recommendations were given to hopefully benefit the further
development of the indicators and for its better monitoring, planning, and
policy making.
Out of 25 indicators, 10 of which were recommended to conduct further
research. PSRTI recommended that these indicators need further
methodological research to improve the way to generate the indicators.
Further research may also involve reading more literature about the sector and
dimension involved. Some of these indicators are the Indicator of food price
anomalies, Proportion of jobs in sustainable tourism industries out of total
tourism jobs, and Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal
settlements, or inadequate housing. On the other hand, there were 5
indicators which were recommended to be consulted further with the

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