The TA aims to improve the capacity of the participating DMCs in producing reliable sex-disaggregated statistics on ownership of assets and entrepreneurship using standard methods, and improved vital statistics from CRVS systems. The expected outcomes of the TA are contribution to the development of standard methods of collecting sex-disaggregated data on entrepreneurship and asset ownership, a regional strategic program for improvement of CRVS systems, and improved CRVS systems in prioritized areas in participating DMCs. the TA will have two broad components. The first component relates to sex-disaggregated statistics on emerging areas of ownership of assets and entrepreneurship, and the second component relates to improving CRVS systems. The first component will be implemented in close collaboration with UNSD, UNWOMEN, and other development partners supporting the global EDGE initiative, with the following main outputs (i) contribution to development of standard methods for collection of comparable sex-disaggregated data on entrepreneurship and ownership of assets, and related technical report, (ii) regional and in-country workshops to discuss methodological work, additional questions to be incorporated in the survey instrument, and training of staff of participating countries on new methods of data collection on entrepreneurship and asset ownership disaggregated by sex, (iii) pilot data collection (surveys) in the three selected DMCs using standard methods on entrepreneurship and asset ownership, data processing, data review and validation, preparation of country reports with gender data analysis, and (iv) advocacy and mainstreaming of gender statistics on entrepreneurship and asset ownership in data collection.Georgia, Mongolia, and the Philippines have been tentatively identified for pilot surveys based on preliminary discussions. The CRVS component will be implemented in collaboration with ESCAP, WHO, HMN, and other development partners supporting the regional strategic plan for improvement of CRVS in the Asia-Pacific region. The key outputs will be (i) contribution to the development of a Regional Strategic Plan for Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific, which will be developed through a collaborative process of partners and countries under the guidance of ESCAP's Committee on Statistics (CST) and support to regional workshops/conferences for advocacy and capacity building, (ii) financial and technical support to selected countries to implement improvements in their CRVS systems in line with the regional strategic plan and identified country priorities based on comprehensive assessment of CRVS systems,  and (iii) relevant in-country and/or regional training programs to implement country proposals and sustainability of activities. Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Timor-Leste have been tentatively identified for support under the TA based on their comprehensive assessments of CRVS systems and setting prioriti