Non-monetary indicators to monitor SDG targets 1.2 and 1.4: standards, availability, comparability and quality

13 Feb 2019 | Publication

Work area(s)

Statistics

Topic(s)

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Inequality Poverty Social statistics Indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Non-monetary indicators to monitor SDG targets 1.2 and 1.4: standards, availability, comparability and quality

  • Publication type: Statistical Studies
  • Author: Santos, María Emma
  • Physical description: 126 páginas.
  • Publisher: ECLAC
  • UN symbol (Signature): LC/TS.2019/4
  • Date: 13 February 2019
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Abstract

This report offers a review of 14 non-monetary indicators of poverty to monitor progress towards the first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) “End poverty in all its forms everywhere”. The reviewed indicators are housing materials, overcrowding, housing tenure, durable goods, access to safe water and improved sanitation, access to clean sources of energy, garbage collection and nearby sources of contamination, (public) transportation, child attendance to school and adult schooling, employment, social security and access to health care.

Table of contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • I. The habitat and built environment sphere
  • II. The affiliation sphere
  • III. Concluding remarks.

SDG(s)

1. No poverty