Official and Latin America and the Caribbean proposed MDG's targets and indicators for MDG8

Official MDG targets and indicators list published by the United Nations jointly with proposed MDG's targets and indicators proposed for Latin America and the Caribbean countries. These indicators have been suggested by ECLAC to measure the progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, form a regional perspective. Some of them are used as proxy of the official indicators, when there is no available data for the countries. Others were adapted to shed light on the specific needs of the region.

Additionally you will find here some official indicators that were eliminated or modified at the last revision of the MDG monitoring framework.

 
N Target/ Indicator

Official or proposed

Preexistent, Eliminated, modified or new*

Previous numeration*

Link to data

Target 8.A

Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system Includes a commitment to good governance, development and poverty reduction – both nationally and internationally

Target 12

Target 8.B

Address the special needs of the least developed countries Includes: tariff and quota free access for the least developed countries’ exports; enhanced programme of debt relief for heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) and cancellation of official bilateral debt; and more generous ODA for countries committed to poverty reduction

Target 13

Target 8.C

Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing States (through the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States and the outcome of the twenty-second special session of the General Assembly)

Target 14

Target 8.D

Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term

Target 15

 

Official development assistance (ODA)

 

8.1

Net ODA, total and to the least developed countries, as percentage of OECD/DAC donors’ gross national income

O

Preexistent

33

-

8.2

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)

O

Preexistent

34

-

8.3

Proportion of bilateral official development assistance of OECD/DAC donors that is untied

O

Preexistent

35

-

8.4

ODA received in landlocked developing countries as a proportion of their gross national incomes

O

Preexistent

36

-

8.5

ODA received in small island developing States as a proportion of their gross national incomes

O

Preexistent

37

-

 

Market access

 

8.6

Proportion of total developed country imports (by value and excluding arms) from developing countries and least developed countries, admitted free of duty

O

Preexistent

38

-

8.7

Average tariffs imposed by developed countries on agricultural products and textiles and clothing from developing countries

O

Preexistent

39

-

8.8

Agricultural support estimate for OECD countries as a percentage of their gross domestic product

O

Preexistent

40

-

8.9

Proportion of ODA provided to help build trade capacity

O

Preexistent

41

-

 

Debt sustainability

 

8.10

Total number of countries that have reached their HIPC decision points and number that have reached their HIPC completion points (cumulative)

O

Preexistent

42

-

8.11

Debt relief committed under HIPC and MDRI Initiatives

O

Preexistent

43

-

8.12

Debt service as a percentage of exports of goods and services

O

Preexistent

44

-

Target 8.E

In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries

Target 17

8.13

Proportion of population with access to affordable essential drugs on a sustainable basis

O

New

-

-

Target 8.F

In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications

Target 18

8.14

Telephone lines per 100 population (8a)

O

Reformulated

47

tic

8.15

Cellular subscribers per 100 population (8b)

O

Reformulated

47

tic

8.16

Internet users per 100 population

O

Preexistent

48b

tic

Notes

* *Comparison between previous MDG Monitoring Framework reported to the General Assembly in it’s 59 session in 2004, and used in the Progress Reports since then, and the revised MDG Monitoring Framework approved by the General Assembly in it’s 62nd Session and effective since 15 January 2000.

(8a)

Previous formulation of actual Indicators 8.14, previously indicator 47: Telephone lines and cellular subscribers

(8b)

Previous formulation of actual Indicators 8.15, previously indicator 47: Telephone lines and cellular subscribers