As a senior researcher at Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC), Manuel summarized his research in two books on data in Southeast Asia.
Data Quality in Southeast Asia: Analysis of Official Statistics and Their Institutional Framework as a Basis for Capacity Building and Policy Making in the ASEAN
London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
ISBN 978-1-349-93351-8
http://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781349933518
This book explores the reliability of official statistical data in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the benefits of a better vocabulary to discuss the quality of publicly available data to address the needs of all users. It introduces a rigorous method to disaggregate and rate data quality into principal factors containing a total of ten dimensions, which serves as the basis for a discussion on the opportunities and challenges for data quality, capacity building programs and data policy in Southeast Asia. Tools to standardize and monitor statistical capacity and data quality are presented, as well as methods and data sources to analyse data quality. The book analyses data quality in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar, before concluding with thoughts on Open Data and the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).
See related research:
Open Data in Southeast Asia: Toward Economic Prosperity, Government Transparency, and Citizen Participation in the ASEAN; https://manuelstagars.com/open-data-southeast-asia/
Urbanization in the ASEAN+, 2015-2030; https://manuelstagars.com/urbanization-in-the-asean-2010-2030/
ASEAN+ Urbanization in 20 Charts; https://manuelstagars.com/asean-urbanization-charts/
ASEAN+ Database—An Open Database for Statistical Research and Data Science in Southeast Asia, China, and India; https://manuelstagars.com/asean-database/