Other ways to measure international development
Celia Russell, the UK Data Service’s International Data Specialist discusses the development of the Sustainable Development Goals and an increased focus on community defined measures of development and the data that support them.
2015 will be an important year for international development data. It marks the ending of the Millennium Development Goals, the hugely influential set of time-bound and quantified targets for addressing laos rcs data poverty which has provided the global framework for international development over the last 15 years. 2015 sees the start of an even more ambitious initiative, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new blueprint for the international development agenda underpinned by measurable indicators.
The nature of the goal-setting processes for the SDGs is very different. Low and middle-income countries are now actively driving the agenda, shaping what development means to them and how it will be pursued. Factors such as economic growth and job creation and improved access to finance and technology are supported. Poverty reduction strategies will be established collaboratively and universally applicable.