SAARC Development Goals (SDGs) – 2013 Statistical Appraisal of India

 

SAARC Development Goals (SDGs) are regionalized from of Millennium Development Goals, with some additional targets and indicators, for the period of five years, 2007-12. The terminal year of SDGs has been extended from 2012 to 2015 to coincide with the Millennium Development Goals.

Goal-wise complete list of indicators used in various statistical appraisals has been given as under:

 

SDGs Framework: Goals & Indicators

 

Livelihood SDGs

 

Goal 1: Eradication of Hunger Poverty

 

Indicator 1: Malnutrition in children under five years

Indicator 2: Malnutrition for overall population (in average intake)

 

Goal 2: Halve proportion of people in poverty by 2012

 

Indicator 1: Percentage of people living on less than 1$ per day (PPP terms)

Indicator 2: Head count poverty ratio based on nationally determined poverty line(s)

 

Goal 3: Ensure adequate nutrition and dietary improvement for the poor

 

Indicator 1: Percentage of the poor covered by various food support programmes

Indicator 2: Micro-nutrient supplements e.g. Percentage of people having access to Vitamin A, iodized salt, etc.

 

Goal 4: Ensure a robust pro-poor growth process

 

Indicator 1: Budgetary/ fiscal expenditure for pro-poor growth sectors as Percentage of GDP, and as Percentage of total government expenditures

Indicator 2: Percentage of poor covered by micro-credit and similar programmes

Indicator 3: Reduction of income/consumption inequality (Gini Coefficient)

Indicator 4: Rate of growth of employment (disaggregated)

Indicator 5: Assets ownership by poor (quantifiable indicators to be developed)

 

Goal 5: Strengthen connectivity of poorer regions and of poor as social group

 

Indicator 1: Transport connectivity for the poor in rural areas (e.g., length of rural roads, availability of boats per 1000 population, average time/distance to reach nearest road/major population centre)

Indicator 2: Communications connectivity: Percentage of people using telephone/cell Phone

Indicator 3: Percentage of rural population having access to electricity

Indicator 4: Representation of the excluded in local government

Indicator 5: Mass media connectivity: percentage of people using TV and radio

 

Goal 6: Reduce social and institutional vulnerability of the poor, women and children

 

Indicator 1: Percentage of children who are working

Indicator 2: Share of women in employment

Indicator 3: Coverage or amount of public expenditure as Percentage of GDP on Social Protection for the Vulnerable Groups

Indicator 4: Early marriage

Indicator 5: Birth registration

Indicator 6: Sex ratio at birth

 

Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable justice

 

Indicator 1: Average time required in disposal of legal disputes

Indicator 2: Access to alternate disputes resolution

Indicator 3: Access to free legal aid for the poor (marginalized group)

 

Goal 8: Ensure effective participation of poor and of women in anti-poverty policies and programmes

 

Indicator 1: Percentage of women in local governments/ parliament/ civil services

Indicator 2: Gender Budgeting

 

Health SDGs

 

Goal 9: Maternal health

 

Indicator 1: Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)

Indicator 2: Percentage of births covered by the skilled birth attendants

Indicator 3: Life expectancy of women as a ratio of life expectancy of men

Indicator 4: Age specific fertility rate of 15 to 24 years girls

 

Goal 10: Child health

 

Indicator 1: Immunization coverage (measles can be a proxy)

Indicator 2: Under 5 mortality rate (U5MR)

Indicator 3: Infant Mortality Rate

Indicator 4: Neo-natal mortality rate

 

Goal 11: Affordable health care

 

Indicator 1: Out of pocket expenditure on health as Percentage of total household expenditure

Indicator 2: Total government expenditure on health as a Percentage of GDP

Indicator 3: Percentage of budget allocated to primary health care vis-à-vis total health budget

Indicator 4: Number of doctors per 1000 population

 

Goal 12: Improved hygiene and public health

 

Indicator 1: Percentage of population with access to safe drinking water

Indicator 2: Percentage of population having access to sanitation

Indicator 3: Policies on health education

Indicator 4: Prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria

Education SDGs

 

Goal 13: Access to primary/community schools for all children, boys and girls

 

Indicator 1: Percentage of children having access to primary schools by distance

Indicator 2: Gross Enrolment Rate/Net Enrolment Rate

Indicator 3: Public expenditure on education in terms of GDP

Indicator 4: Gender parity at primary and secondary level

 

Goal 14: Completion of primary education cycle

 

Indicator 1: Survival rates (along with drop-out)

 

Goal 15: Universal functional literacy

 

Indicator 1: Adult literacy rate

 

Goal 16: Quality education at primary, secondary and vocational levels

 

Indicator 1: Percentage of trained teachers

Indicator 2: Students teacher ratio

Indicator 3: Percentage of schools with toilets for girls

 

Environment SDGs

 

Goal 17: Acceptable level of forest cover

 

Indicator 1: Percentage of forest cover

Indicator 2: Percentage or extent of community/social forest

 

Goal 18: Acceptable level of water and soil quality

 

Indicator 1: Chemical fertilizers/ pesticides consumption per ha of arable land

Indicator 2: Percentage of contaminated wells/water sources

 

Goal 19: Acceptable level of air quality

 

Indicator 1: Carbon dioxide emissions

Indicator 2: Particulate matter in the major metropolitan centers

Indicator 3: Percentage of firewood in total energy mix

 

Goal 20: Conservation of bio-diversity

 

Indicator 1: Percentage and number of protected areas out of the total land area

Indicator 2: Number of protected species

 

Goal 21: Wetland conservation

 

Indicator 1: Number and Percentage of protected wetland/Ramsar sites

 

Goal 22: Ban on dumping of hazardous waste, including radio-active waste

 

Indicator 1: Solid waste generation per capita

Indicator 2: Percentage of waste treated

Indicator 3: Regulatory framework for hazardous waste treatment in place

 

While the SDGs express the regional will for a comprehensive and strategic response to the problem of poverty and social development, the formulation of specific targets and indicators for these goals were left to be carried out at the individual country level.