ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/CL6.GCP/2024/TP.6
Country: Arab region, ESCWA Member States, Global
Publication Type: Information material
Cluster: Governance and Conflict Prevention
Focus Area: Governance & enabling environment
Initiatives: Governance and institution building, Development challenges
SDGs: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Keywords: Arab countries, Development policy, Discrimination, Economic development, Governance, Gross domestic product, Human development, Income distribution, Sustainable development
World development challenges beyond income
July 2024
The present paper proposes a framework for measuring progress beyond income that is conceptually anchored to and builds on the work led by ESCWA on rethinking human development metrics. This is accomplished by compiling a comprehensive dashboard of indices drawn from earlier technical analyses based on their relevance to the human development conceptual framework, and then proposing two composite indices - the Beyond Income Challenges Index (BICI) and the Beyond Income Inequalities Index (BIII) - with a parsimonious number of indicators. Income itself, and other indicators that are highly correlated with income, are excluded.
The proposed indices and the results shown in the paper seek to inform system-wide efforts across the United Nations, its Member States and stakeholders to develop a framework and metrics beyond gross domestic product that will enable a paradigm shift in the process used to assess progress towards a more sustainable, just and inclusive future.
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The present paper proposes a framework for measuring progress beyond income that is conceptually anchored to and builds on the work led by ESCWA on rethinking human development metrics. This is accomplished by compiling a comprehensive dashboard of indices drawn from earlier technical analyses based on their relevance to the human development conceptual framework, and then proposing two composite indices - the Beyond Income Challenges Index (BICI) and the Beyond Income Inequalities Index (BIII) - with a parsimonious number of indicators. Income itself, and other indicators that are highly correlated with income, are excluded.
The proposed indices and the results shown in the paper seek to inform system-wide efforts across the United Nations, its Member States and stakeholders to develop a framework and metrics beyond gross domestic product that will enable a paradigm shift in the process used to assess progress towards a more sustainable, just and inclusive future.
