Monitoring Of Children’s Well-Being In Malaysia

Type Conference Paper - 12th National Convention on Statistics (NCS)
Title Monitoring Of Children’s Well-Being In Malaysia
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2013
URL http://www.nscb.gov.ph/ncs/12thNCS/papers/INVITED/IPS-46 Human Child Development​Indicators/IPS-46_1_Monitoring of Children's Well-being in Malaysia.pdf
Abstract
Malaysia is committed to addressing inequities of socio-economic development as part of its aspirations to become a high income nation by 2020. The Tenth Malaysia Plan (2011-2015) adopted a socio-inclusive development approach that aimed to contribute to achieve not only the national 2020 vision but also the Millennium Development Goals 2015. The progress towards the achievement of these goals is tracked under the MalaysiaInfo web data platform. UNICEF Malaysia is currently in discussion with Malaysia Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department and the Department of Statistics to establish a centralized database on children (ChildInfo) as a web data platform – under the umbrella of MalaysiaInfo - to compile, analyze and publish information on children rights and development, based on these and other child well-being indicators mutually agreed with the Government. ChildInfo will ensure adequate monitoring and access to reliable and robust data on children’s well-being. This will facilitate the design and implementation of better targeted and more efficient policies and programmes, which are key to children’s survival, protection and development. These policies and programmes enabled by ChildInfo will thus contribute to the achievement of not only Malaysia national 2020 vision, but also the Millennium Development Goals 2015, since children represent a large and vulnerable group for which the above development goals are critical. Most importantly, it will help address the inequity challenges that remain in an upper middle income country.

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