Indicadores

E c o n o m i c

& S o c i a l

Indicators of Sustainable Development: Guidelines and Methodologies
October 2007 Third Edition

A f f a i r s

United Nations

Indicators of Sustainable Development:
Guidelines and Methodologies Third Edition

United Nations New York, 2007

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The Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat is a vital interfacebetween global policies in the economic, social and environmental spheres and national action. The Department works in three main interlinked areas: (i) it compiles, generates and analyses a wide range of economic, social and environmental data and information on which States Members of the United Nations draw to review common problems and to take stock of policy options; (ii) it facilitates thenegotiations of Member States in many intergovernmental bodies on joint course of action to address ongoing or emerging global challenges; and (iii) it advises interested Governments on the ways and means of translating policy frameworks developed in United Nations conferences and summits into programmes at the country level and, through technical assistance, helps build national capacities.

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Contents

Foreword I. II. Introduction CSD Indicators of Sustainable Development

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A. History . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 B. Latest review of the CSD Indicators of Sustainable Development . . . . . . . 6

III.

Overview of the revised CSD Indicators of Sustainable Development

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A. General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 9 B. Addressing thematic linkages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 C. Relationship between MDG Indicators and CSD Indicators of Sustainable Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 D. CSD Indicators of Sustainable Development, Agenda 21 and the JohannesburgPlan of Implementation . . . . . . . . . . 27

IV.

Applying CSD Indicators of Sustainable Development

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A. Indicator selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 B. Adapting CSD Indicators of Sustainable Development for national sets . . . 32 C. Indicators as tools for measuring sustainabledevelopment processes at the national level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

V.

A word on indicator frameworks

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A. Driving force-state-response frameworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 B. Issue- or theme-based frameworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....