This substantial undertaking currently covers 18 Asian countries and the database, apart from indicators, has some very useful information on the metadata, national poverty methodologies and definitions.
这项实质性的工作目前覆盖18个亚洲国家，该数据库除了包括指标以外，还有一些关于元数据、国家贫困衡量法和定义等大有帮助的信息。