Table 1CSD working list of indicators of sustainable development
| CHAPTERS OF AGENDA 21 | DRIVING FORCE INDICATORS | STATE INDICATORS | RESPONSE INDICATORS |
| CATEGORY: SOCIAL | |||
| Chapter 3: Combating poverty | Unemployment rate | -Head count index of poverty -Poverty gap index -Squared poverty gap index -Gini index of income inequality -Ratio of average female wage to male wage |
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| Chapter 5: Demographic dynamics and sustainability | -Population growth rate -Net migration rate -Total fertility rate |
-Population density | -GDP spent on education |
| Chapter 36: Promoting education, public awareness and trammg | -Rate of change of school-age population -Pnmary school enrollment ratio (gross and net) -Secondary school enrollment ratio (gross and net) -Adult literacy rate |
-Children reaching grade 5 of primary education -School life expectancy -Difference between male and female school enrollment ratios -Women per hundred men in the labour force |
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| Chapter 6: Protecting promoting human health | -Basic sanitation: Per cent population with adequate excreta disposal
facilities -Access to safe drinking -Life expectancy at birth -Adequate birth weight -Infant mortality rate -Maternal mortality rate -Nutritional status of children |
-Immunization against and of infectious childhood diseases -Contraceptive prevalence -Proportion of potentially hazardous chemicals monitored in food -National health expenditure devoted to local health care -Total national health expenditure related to GNP |
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| Chapter 7: Promoting sustainable human settlement development | -Rate of growth of urban population -Per capita consumption of fossil fuel by motor vehicle transport -Human and economic loss due to natural disasters |
-Per cent of population in urban areas -Area and population of urban fonnal and informal settlements -Floor area per person -House price to income ratio |
-Infrastructure expenditure per capita |
| CHAPTERS OF AGENDA 21 | DRIVING FORCE INDICATORS | STATE INDICATORS | RESPONSE INDICATORS |
| CATEGORY: ECONOMIC | |||
| Chapter 2. International cooperation to accelerate sustainable development in countries and related domestic policies | -GDP per capita -Net investment share in GDP - Sum of exports and imports as a per cent of GDP |
-Environmentally adjusted Net Domestic Product -Share of manufactured c goods in total merchandise exports |
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| Chapter 4: Changing consumption patterns | -Annual energy consumption -Share of natural resource- intensive industries in manufacturing value-added |
-Proven mineral reserves -Proven fossil fuel energy reserves -Lifetime of proven energy reserves -Intensity of material use - Share of manufacturing value-added in GDP -Share of consumption of renewable energy resources |
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| Chapter 33- Financilal resources and mechanisms | -Net resources transfer GNP -Total ODA given or received as a percentage of GNP | -Debt /GDP -Debt service / export |
Environmental protection expenditures as a per cent of GDP -Amount of new or additional funding for sustainable development |
| Chapter 34. Transfer of environmentally sound technology, cooperation and capacity-building | -Capital goods imports -Foreign direct investments |
-Share of environmentally sound capital goods imports | -Technical cooperation grants |
| CHAPTERS OF AGENDA 21 | DRIVING FORCE INDICATORS | STATE INDICATORS | RESPONSE INDICATORS |
| CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENTAL | |||
| Chapter 18: Protection of the quality and supply of freshwater resources | -Annual withdrawals of ground and surface water -Domestic consumption of water per capita |
-Groundwater reserves -Concentration of faecal coliform in freshwater -Biochemical oxygen demand in water bodies |
-Waste-water treatment coverage -Density of hydrological networks |
| Chapter 17: Protection of the coastal areas | -Population growth in oceans, all kinds of seas and coastal areas -Discharges of oil into coastal waters -Releases of nitrogen and phosphorus to coastal waters |
-Maximum sustained yield for fisheries -Algae index |
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| Chapter 10:Integrated approach to the planning and management of land resources | -Land use change | -Changes in land condition | -Decentralized local-level natural resource management |
| Chapter 12: Managing fragile ecosystems: combating desertification and drought | -Population living below poverty line in dryland areas | -National monthly rainfall index -Satellite derived vegetation index -Land affected by desertification |
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| Chapter 13 Managing fragile ecosystems: sustainable mountain development | -Population change in mountain areas | -Sustainable use of natural resources in mountain areas -Welfare of mountain populations |
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| Chapter 14: Promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development | -Use of agricultural pesticides -Use of fertilizers -Irrigation per cent of arable land -Energy use in agriculture |
-Arable land per capita -Area affected by salinization and waterlogging |
-Agricultural education |
| Chapter 11: Combating deforestation | -Wood harvesting intensity | -Forest area change | -Managed forest area ratio -Protected forest area as a percent of total forest area |
| Chapter 15: Conservation of biological diversity | -Threatened species as a per cent of total native species | -Protected area as a per cent of total area | |
| Chapter 16: Environmentally sound management of biotechnology | -R & D expenditure for biotechnology -Existence of national biosafety regulations or guidelines |
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| Chapter 9. Protection of the atmosphere | -Emissions of greenhouse gases -Emissions of sulphur oxides -Emissions on nitrogen oxides -Consumption of ozone depleting substances |
-Ambient concentrations of pollutants in urban areas |
-Expenditure on air pollution abatement |
| Chapter 21: Environmentally sound management of solid wastes and sewage-related issues | -Generation of industrial and municipal solid waste -Household waste disposed per capita |
-Expenditure on waste management -Waste recycling and reuse -Municipal waste disposal |
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| Chapter 19: Environmentally sound management of toxic chemicals | -Chemically induced acute poisonings | -Number of chemicals banned or severely restricted | |
| Chapter 20: Environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes | -Generation of hazardous wastes -Imports and exports of hazardous wastes |
-Area of land contaminated by hazardous wastes | -Expenditure on hazardous waste treatment |
| Chapter 22: Safe and environmentally sound management of radioactive wastes | -Generation of radioactive wastes | ||
| CHAPTERS OF AGENDA 21 | DRIVING FORCE INDICATORS | STATE INDICATORS | RESPONSE INDICATORS |
| CATEGORY: INSTITUTIONAL | |||
| Chapter 8: Integrating environment and development in decision-making | -Sustainable development strategies -Programme of integrated environmental and economic accounting -Mandated Environmental Impact Assessment -National councils for sustainable development |
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| Chapter 35: Science for sustainable development | -Potential scientists and engineers per million | -Scientists and engineers engaged in R & D per population
million population -Expenditure on R & D as a per cent of GDP |
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| Chapter 37: National mechanisms and international cooperation for capacity-building in developing - countries | |||
| Chapter 38: International institutional arrangements | |||
| Chapter 39: International legal instruments and mechanisms | -Ratification of global agreements -Implementation of ratified global agreements |
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| Chapter 40: Information for decision-making | -Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants -Access to infonnation |
-Programmes for national environmental statistics | |
| Chapter 23-32: Strengthening the role of major groups | -Representation of major groups in national councils for sustainable
development -Representatives of ethnic minorities and indigenous people in national councils for sustainable development -Contribution of NGOs to sustainable development |
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