Week 10: Measurement, Indices and Indicators for Sustainable Development and SDG

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Assalamualaikum and hey!! Welcome back to my blog. So, today I have learnt on a new topic which is the Measurement, Indices and Indicators for Sustainable Development and SDG.

So, what should be the indicators of development of a country? Basically, many people would say that a developed country would have good economic and social well-being. So, there are a various sampling of alternative measures of those two such as:

  1. Human Development Index
  2. Canadian Index of Well-Being
  3. Ecological Footprint
  4. Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators
  5. Genuine Progress Indicator
  6. Happy Planet Index
  7. Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare
  8. Sustainable Society Index
  9. Living Planet Index
  10. Measure of Domestic Progress
  11. Sustainable National Income
  12. Environmental Performance Index
For a better understanding and more information, you may watch the video below.

So now, we moved on to Sustainability Indicators. What does it mean? A sustainable development indicator (SDI) can generally be understood as a quantitative tool that analyses changes while measuring and communicating progress towards the sustainable use and management of economic, social, institutional and environmental resources.

The indicators can be distinguished into four types which are:

  1. Context indicators - these indicators describe the context in which a local administration works. Employment rates in the municipality, poverty figures and the composition of the population are some of the examples of it.
  2. Input indicators - these indicators provide information about the people and resources that are used to achieve a certain goal or action.
  3. Process Indicators - these indicators provide information about the organisation or the approach of an action or measure.
  4. Impact Indicators - these indicators measure the impact (of a strategic goal), the result (of an operational goal), or the output of an action.
Meanwhile, we already know that there are 17 goals, 169 targets and 240 indicators in SDGs which consist of 4 aspects. The 4 aspects are social pillar, economic pillar, environment pillar, and inclusive development and MOI. Those 17 goals then are divided into those 4 aspects according to their suitable theme as you can see in the picture below.

I think that is all for my last reflective journal. Thank you for keep reading my blog. Till meet you next time!!😄

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