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What are the indicators used to measure the attainment of MDGs?

Description Number
 MDG Indicators 48
 Available 29
 Not available 8
 Not applicable 11

The United Nations Secretariat, specialized agencies of the UN system, and representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as well as international experts identified and selected the 48 MDG indicators.

The millennium indicators for each goal that are applicable in the Philippines are as follows:
 

 

Goal 1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

TARGET INDICATOR
1.  Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day. 1 Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day
2 Poverty gap ratio (incidence x depth of poverty)
3 Share of poorest quintile in national consumption
2.  Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. 4 Prevalence of underweight children under 5 years of age
5 Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption

Goal 2. Achieve Universal Primary Education

TARGET INDICATOR
3.  Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. 6 Net enrolment ratio in primary education
7 Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach grade 5
8 Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds

Goal 3. Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
 
TARGET INDICATOR
4.  Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005 and at all levels of education no later than 2015. 9 Ratios of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education
10 Ratio of literate females to males of 15-24 year-olds
11 Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector
12 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament

Goal 4. Reduce Child Mortality

TARGET INDICATOR
5.  Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate; reduce infant mortality rate. 13 Under-five mortality rate
14

Infant mortality rate

15 Proportion of 1 year-old children immunized against measles

Goal 5. Improve Maternal Health

TARGET INDICATOR
6.  Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio. 16 Maternal mortality ratio
17

Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel

 

 
Goal 6. Combat HIV/Aids, Malaria and Other Diseases

TARGET INDICATOR
7.  Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS. 18 HIV prevalence among 15-24 year old pregnant women
19 Condom use rate of the contraceptive prevalence rate
20 Number of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS (to be measured by the ratio or proportion of orphans to non-orphans aged 10-14 who are attending school)
8.  Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases. 21 Prevalence and death rates associated with malaria
22 Proportion of population in malaria risk areas using effective malaria prevention and treatment measures
23 Prevalence and death rates associated with tuberculosis
24 Proportion of tuberculosis cases detected and cured under directly observed treatment short course (DOTS)

Goal 7. Ensure Environmental Sustainability

TARGET INDICATOR
9.  Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes to reverse the loss of environmental resources. 25 Proportion of land area covered by forest
26 Ratio of area protected to maintain biological diversity to surface area
27 Energy use (kg oil equivalent) per $1 GDP (PPP)
28 Carbon dioxide emissions (per capita) and consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs (ODP tons)
29 Proportion of population using solid fuels
10.  Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water. 30 Proportion of population with sustainable access to improved water source, urban and rural
11.  By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers. 31 Proportion of urban population with access to improved sanitation
32 Proportion of households with access to secure tenure (owned or rented)

Goal 8. Develop A Global Partnership For Development

TARGET INDICATOR
15.  Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term.   Debt sustainability
44 Debt service as a percentage of exports of goods and services
16.  In cooperation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth. 45 Unemployment rate of 15-24 year olds, each sex and total (an improved measure of the targets is under development by ILO for future years)
17.  In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable, essential drugs in developing countries. 46 Proportion of population with access to affordable essential drugs on a sustainable basis
18.  In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communication. 47 Telephone lines and cellular subscribers per 100 population
48 Personal computers in use per 100 population and internet users per 100 population

The following MDG indicators are NOT applicable in the Philippines.

Goal 8. Develop A Global Partnership For Development

TARGET INDICATOR
12.  Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable non-discriminatory trading and financial system. 33 Net ODA, total and to LDCs, as percentage of OECD/DAC donors' gross national income
34 Proportion of total bilateral, sector-allocable ODA of OECD/DAC donors to basic social services (basic education, primary health care, nutrition, safe water and sanitation)
13.  Address the special needs of the least developed countries. 35 Proportion of bilateral ODA of OECD/DAC donors that is untied
36 ODA received in landlocked countries as proportion of their GNIs
37 ODA received in small island developing States as proportion of their GNIs
14.  Address the special needs of landlocked countries and small island States.   Market access
38 Proportion of total developed country imports (by value and excluding arms) from developing countries and LDCs, admitted free of duties
39 Average tariffs imposed by developed countries on agricultural products and textiles and clothing from developing countries
40 Agricultural support estimate for OECD countries as percentage of their GDP
41 Proportion of ODA provided to help build trade capacity (OECD and WTO are collecting data that will be available from 2001 onwards)
15.  Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term.   Debt sustainability
42 Total number of countries that have reached their HIPC decision points and number that have reached their HIPC completion points (cumulative)
43 Debt relief committed under HIPC initiative, US$

 

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