Comments to the list of indicators August 11 2015
First part
Goal
Target
Indicators
Comment
There is no doubt that poverty is a
multidimensional phenomenon which includes
aspects related to living conditions that affect
the dignity of people, limit their rights and
freedoms, hamp the fulfillment of their basic
needs and obstruct their full social integration.
Considering only an income component
neglects other dimensions of poverty, which are
equally important for poverty eradication and to
protect and fulfill all human rights.
A multidimensional poverty measure has place
within the frame of the Agenda, not only as a
means to operationalize the achievement of
Goal 1 which takes into account the concept of
“poverty in all its forms”, but also as part of the
shared principles and commitments which
guide the Agenda, which recognize that to
address effectively integrated solutions a new
approach is needed (page 4, point 13).
Based on the foregoing, it is proposed that the
indicator for Target 1.2 traced for Objective 1
could be stated as: “By 2030, reduce at least by
half the proportion of men, women and children
of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions
according to national definitions.” This proposal
comprehends two essential aspects of Target
1.2: i) it recognizes the multidimensionality of
poverty, and ii) favors each country with their
specific needs. Also, allowing each country’s
particular definitions would take into account
the specific contexts of poverty and the
availability of sources of information in each
one of them."
We realize there are still missing three
indicator proposals for Targets 1 and 8, which
we ask to be included. Those are:
Percentage of women who own the house
where they live (Target 1)
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1.3
Percentage of population covered by
social protection floors/systems,
disaggregated by sex, composed of
the following: a) Percentage of older
persons receiving a pension; b)
Percentage of households with
children receiving child support; c)
Percentage of working-age persons
Population occupied by labor income quintiles
by sex (Target 8)
The proposal does not adequately measure
the associated goal because not all seniors
and households with children or people with
disabilities, etc., are vulnerable and/or poor.
This may encourage indiscriminate use of
resources to meet the goal. An alternative
could be: Percentage of poor and vulnerable
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1.4
2
2.b
without jobs receiving support;
d)Percentage of persons with
disabilities receiving benefits; e)
Percentage of women receiving
maternity benefits at childbirth; f)
Percentage of workers covered
against occupational injury; and g)
Percentage of poor and vulnerable
people receiving benefits.
Proportion of the population living in
households with access to basic
services.
Agricultural Export Subsidies
3
3.4.1.
“Probabilidad de morir por
enfermedades cardiovasculares,
cáncer, diabetes y enfermedades
crónica respiratoria, entre los 30 y 70
años de edad”.
3
3.9
5
5.6
6
6.4
Population in urban areas exposed to
outdoor air pollution levels above
WHO guideline values
[Proportion (%) of countries with laws
and regulations that guarantee all
women and adolescents access to
sexual and reproductive health
services, information and education
(official records)
Percentage change in water use
efficiency over time.
population with social protection or that are
beneficiaries of one or more social programs.
The indicator does not measure the associated
target correctly. The interpretation of the term
"basic services" is too broad and closer to the
concept of "opportunities". If Target 1.4 is
referring to this concept, an indicator such as
the Human Opportunity Index of the World
Bank could be more accurate.
It is suggested to include the OECD “Services
Trade
Restrictiveness
Index
(STRI)”
http://www.oecd.org/tad/servicestrade/services-trade-restrictiveness-index.htm
as a Trade restrictiveness alternate
indicator to assess the impact of commercial
policy measures that restrict services trade. It is
suggested that such indicator be included in the
following:
Target 17.10 Promote a universal, rules-based,
open, non-discriminatory and equitable
multilateral trading system under the World
Trade Organization, including through the
conclusion of negotiations under its Doha
Development Agenda
Indicator 17.10.1 Stock of potentially traderestrictive measures in WTO members (CBB)
Even though clear emphasis is placed in
premature and non-transmissible diseases, it
could be interpreted as discrimination against
individuals over 70 years old, ignoring the
mortality causes in that range of age and the
implementation of ad hoc public policies.
The indicator observes air quality but
disregards hazardous chemicals, and water
and soil pollution.
The indicator proposed does not adequately
measure the associated goal. The existence of
laws does not guarantee that the right is
exercised effectively.
It is suggested to include an indicator of water
treatment.
The indicator is already calculated without
taking environmental water requirements into
account.
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7.2.2
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10.2
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11.1
Indicator 7.2.2 is not really an
indicator of renewable energy
outcomes, but rather a measure of
the effort that policy makers are
putting into creating a regulatory
environment for renewable energy.
While this is important and valuable,
we do not feel it belongs as an SDG
indicator.
Proportion of people living below 50%
of median income disaggregated by
age and sex
Proportion of urban population living
in slums
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11.7.1
Area of public space as a proportion
of total city space
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11.7.2
Proportion of residents within 0.5 km
of accessible green and public space.
Cities with more than 100,000
inhabitants that implement urban and
regional development plans
integrating population projections and
resource needs
Percentage of cities implementing risk
reduction and resilience policies that
include vulnerable and marginalized
groups.
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11 .a
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11 .b
It is suggested to include an indicator about
the percentage of subsidies given to the
development and enhancement of renewable
energies.
The indicator does not adequately measure
the associated goal as it is limited to economic
inclusion.
Regarding the access to housing, it would be
relevant to consider the percentage of the
population that has access to financial support
for housing or that benefit from a public
program for the rental.
The public space area includes recreational
facilities, as well as the streets. It is
recommended a disaggregation of the concept
in these two categories, since it is important to
measure or identify if citizens have enough
space for both recreation and mobility without
conflicts.
It is suggested to include an indicator of the
percentage of green space.
If this indicator is not improved by including
quality thresholds or criteria to evaluate the
plan's design and implementation, progress
could be overestimated.
If this indicator is not improved by including
quality thresholds or criteria to evaluate the
plan's design and implementation, progress
could be overestimated.
It is suggested to include an indicator of the
percentage of zones of risk in the urban areas.
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Second part
Goal Target
1.5
1.a.
2.2
2
2.5
3
3.7
4
4.2
5
5.2
Indicator
Comments
The verification of the behavior of these indicators will be
Number of deaths, missing people,
carried out through an analysis of information for a period
injured, relocated or evacuated due
of 15 years, as established in The Sendai (Japan)
to disasters per 100,000 people.
Framework for Action to Reduce Disaster Risk.
Share of total overall government
spending (incl. subnationals) on
The estimations could be done just as a proxy indicator
programs directed to bottom 40% using national household surveys.
of population of country (%).
Prevalence of stunting (height for
age <-2 SD from the median of the
We don´t have prevalence; we can calculate proportion of
WHO Child Growth Standards)
stunting among children under five years of age.
among children under five years of
age
Mexico only has information about maize and wheat
Ex Situ Crop Collections
collections through the International Maize and Wheat
Enrichment index
Improvement Center.
The indicator is feasible for adolescents aged 15-19 years,
but not for girls between 10 and 14 years, because the
household surveys don´t ask for sexual or reproductive
Adolescent birth rate (10-14; 15health children under 15 years old because of ethical
19) per 1,000 women in that age
considerations. This would also grow the survey sample
group
size significantly what could be impractical. However, it
could be possible to get the data from Vital Statistics with
the necessary fit.
Percentage of children under 5
years of age who are
developmentally on track in health,
A methodological definition is required for the calculation,
learning and psychosocial wellas well as the variables involved, in order to determine the
being
possibility of its measurement and periodicity.
Disaggregation: sex, location,
wealth (and others where data are
available)
Proportion of ever-partnered
women and girls (aged 15-49)
subjected to physical and/or sexual The data available does not specify the moment of the
violence by a current or former
event.
intimate partner, in the last 12
months
It is suggested to review the data considered in national
surveys about forceful acts of sexual violence committed
by perpetrators being other than an intimate partner, in
Proportion of women and girls
order to standardize information, since there are
(aged 15-49) subjected to sexual
noteworthy differences among countries. For example, the
violence by persons other than an
approach given in Mexico includes acts such as sexual
intimate partner, since age 15
harassment and sexual intimidation, as well as rape and
rape attempt. However, in other countries there are
surveys where only rape and rape attempt are considered,
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which may result in a lower prevalence. Additionally, the
data available does not specifies the moment of the event.
5.4
5.6
5.b.
6.5
8.6
8
8.7
It is not possible to calculate the indicator as such request,
but can provide the means for people 12 years of age and
older, by sex, age groups and rural-urban, with the
National Time Use Survey (ENUT).
We consider at least two drawbacks in the original
proposal:
1) First, in some countries like Mexico, it is not used a
daily 24-hour time to capture activities on time use
surveys, but what is called a "simplified daily" with precoded activities on a weekly reference period, divided in
Average daily (24 hours) spent on two periods: Monday to Friday, and Saturday and Sunday,
unpaid domestic and care work, by given the differentiation of activities between weekdays
sex, age and location (for
and the weekend. Therefore, to calculate the proposed
individuals five years and above) indicator would be an additional calculation, which would
disregard the difference that naturally exists in the way
activities are performed between those two groups of
days.
2) Second, we believe that there are serious difficulties
associated with capturing information for individuals 5 to
11 years of age, since it has been observed that this
information tends to be provided or biased by parents or
older people present at the interview; moreover,
experience shows that people in that range of age has no
notion of the concept of time.
This indicator is "not suitable" since the elements to be
considered for its construction are not specified. It is
necessary to define the kind of decisions to be minded.
Proportion of women (aged 15-49) Agree with the proposal of UNFPA about the items to
who make their own sexual and
consider: first, capability to say no to sexual intercourse as
reproductive decisions.
a critical condition of sexual autonomy; second, measuring
women’s decision concerning using or not contraceptive
methods; third, measuring women’s decision about getting
sexual and reproductive healthcare for themselves.
We suggest to change this indicator for the one included in
The minimum set of gender indicators STATCOM:
Proportion of individuals who own a
"Proportion of individuals using a mobile-cellular
mobile telephone, by sex
telephone, by sex”, since this is not the same as use of a
mobile phone.
Degree of integrated water
resources management (IWRM)
This program has not been implemented in Mexico.
implementation (0-100)
The Ministry of Labor proposes to calculate this rate based
Percentage of youth (15-24) not in
on information generated by the Child Labor Module
education, employment or training
Survey, however, this module does not contain information
(NEET)
on the worst forms of child labor.
The Ministry of Labor proposes to calculate this rate,
Percentage and number of children
based on information generated by the Child Labor
aged 5-17 years engaged in child
Module Survey biannually. However, this module does not
labor, per sex and age group
contain information on the worst forms of child labor.
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(disaggregated by the worst forms
of child labor)
10.7
10.a.
11.c
11.3
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11.4
11.5
11.7
12.a.
12.b.
13.a.
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13.b.
It is required to establish the methodology, data sources
and the dimensions of the indicator.
The number of zero-tariff lines could be an indicator of the
implementation of the Duty-Free Quota-Free compromise,
Share of tariff lines applied to
however it does not necessarily indicate the degree of
imports from LDCs/developing
utilization of that measure. In that regard, it is important to
countries with zero-tariff
know the amount and destiny of exports for those same
tariff lines.
We may not have this detailed information but we do
Percentage of financial support that agree with the specification of the indicator. We would ask
is allocated to the construction and to add: "Percentage of financial support that is allocated to
retrofitting of sustainable, resilient the construction and retrofitting of sustainable, resilient
and resource-efficient buildings
and resource-efficient buildings and areas suitable for
human development".
We consider that the proposal can be interpreted in many
Efficient land use
ways and therefore the results could quite diverse and
non- comparable.
Share of national (or municipal)
budget which is dedicated to
Information about preservation, protection and
preservation, protection and
conservation of national natural heritage does exist. It is
conservation of national cultural
necessary to define what does "cultural" mean for its
natural heritage including World
possible inclusion within the indicator.
Heritage sites
The verification of the behavior of these indicators will be
Number of deaths, missing people,
carried out through an analysis of information for a period
injured, relocated or evacuated due
of 15 years, as established in The Sendai (Japan)
to disasters per 100,000 people.
Framework for Action to Reduce Disaster Risk.
The average share of the built-up We suggest to redefine the proposed indicator since it is
areas of cities in open space in
not clear to understand its objective nor the sources that
public ownership and use.
would be used.
Number of qualified green patent
There is no defined methodology for green patents.
applications
Residual flows generated as a
result of tourism direct GDP
We have to develop first a conceptual framework in order
(derived from an extended version
to establish the minimum elements of a strategy of this
of the System of Environmentalnature.
Economic Accounting (SEEA) for
tourism)
Mobilized amount of USD per year
More specific counting principles are needed in order to
starting in 2020 accountable
harmonize country by country expenditures towards the
towards the USD 100 billion
target.
commitment
Number of LDCs that are receiving
specialized support for
mechanisms for raising capacities
More specific counting principles are needed in order to
for effective climate change related
harmonize country by country expenditures towards the
planning and management,
target.
including focusing on women,
youth, local and marginalized
communities
International Migration Policy Index
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15.7
16.1
16.2
16
16.4
16.6
16.7
Proportion of detected trade in
wildlife and wildlife products that is
illegal
National information on illegal trade has serious
limitations.
Conflict-related deaths per 100,000 It is not possible to identify deaths due to this cause from
people (disaggregated by age, sex the statistics of death by homicide (vital statistics). The
and cause)
indicator is not suitable.
It is quite important to harmonize information sources
among countries. We suggest that the source of this
indicator should be the prosecutorial authority (the one
Number of detected and nonwho begins with the investigation and integrates the
detected victims of human
corresponding investigation file). The verification of the
trafficking per 100,000; by sex, age statistical capabilities of the authorities who will be the
and form of exploitation
sources is another important issue that must be taken into
account in order to guarantee the adequate data provision.
Regarding this last suggestion, the participation of the
National Statistical Offices must be considered.
Data availability will be an issue which will be restrictive for
the indicator. It is quite important to harmonize information
sources among countries. The verification of the statistical
Total value of inward and outward
capabilities of the authorities who will be the sources is an
illicit financial flows (in current
important issue that must be taken into account in order to
US$).
guarantee the adequate data provision. Regarding this last
suggestion, the participation of the National Statistical
Offices must be considered.
It is quite important to harmonize information sources
Percentage of seized and collected among countries. The verification of the statistical
firearms that are recorded and
capabilities of the authorities who will be the sources is an
traced, in accordance with
important issue that must be taken into account in order to
international standards and legal
guarantee the adequate data provision. Regarding this last
instruments
suggestion, the participation of the National Statistical
Offices must be considered.
Percentage of recommendations to
strengthen national anti-corruption By its nature, this indicator is not part of INEGI-Mexico.
frameworks (institutional and
Besides, there is no available report (Implementation
legislative) implemented, as
Review Mechanism) for Mexico. It is quite important to
identified through the UNCAC
clearly define the variables of this indicator and to
Implementation Review
harmonize the information sources among countries.
Mechanism.
Proportions of positions (by age,
INEGI-Mexico currently provides the information to
sex, disability and population
calculate the data of the local public service and of the
groups) in public institutions
judicial branch at local and national levels. Nevertheless, it
(national and local legislatures,
is considered that information at all levels will be available
public service, and judiciary)
over a five-year period.
compared to national distributions.
Proportion of countries that
Despite the existence of this information for Mexico at the
address young people's multiUnited Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), INEGI-Mexico
sectorial needs with their national does not produce it directly. It is quite important to clearly
development plans and poverty
define the variables of this indicator and to harmonize
reduction strategies
information sources among countries.
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Percentage of members or voting
16.8 rights of developing countries in
international organizations.
Number of verified cases of killing,
kidnapping, enforced
disappearance, arbitrary detention
and torture of journalists,
16.10
associated media personnel, trade
unionists and human rights
advocates in the previous 12
months
Percentage of victims who report
physical and/or sexual crime to law
enforcement agencies during past
16.a. 12 months
16.b
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17.9
Disaggregated by age, sex, region
and population group
Percentage of population reporting
having personally felt discriminated
against or harassed within the last
12 months on the basis of a ground
of discrimination prohibited under
international human rights law.
Disaggregated by age, sex, region
and population group
The dollar value of financial and
technical assistance, including
through North- South, South-South,
and triangular cooperation,
committed to developing countries'
designing and implementing a
holistic policy mix that aim at
sustainable development in three
dimensions (including elements
such as reducing inequality within a
country and governance).
It is quite important to harmonize information sources
among countries. This sort of information can be provided
by the UN and by Ministries of Foreign Affairs.
It is quite important to clearly define the variables for this
indicator and to harmonize information sources among
countries. The verification of the statistical capabilities of
the authorities who will be the sources is an important
issue that must be taken into account in order to
guarantee the adequate data provision. Regarding this last
suggestion, the participation of the National Statistical
Offices must be considered.
It is suggested to replace: ["Percentage of victims who
report physical and/or sexual crime to law enforcement
agencies during past 12 months."]
The disaggregated data is not available.
INEGI-Mexico does not have a cross-sectional survey
which measures the prevalence of population that is victim
of discrimination over a year. It is suggested to develop
and to test a methodology at international level that
describes specific situations in order to ensure a greater
understanding by respondents.
Feasible in the medium/long term. South-South
cooperation providers are not ready to produce statistics
to monetize their technical assistance.