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C. Income measures

Measurement and criteria for evaluation

Developing accurate workload measures specific to the full range of work undertaken

It's all very one dimensional.

How crazy is that? That our measure of progress, our dominant measure of progress in society, is measuring everything except that which makes life worthwhile?

It is an efficiency measure.

(c) Adopt performance measures for countries

Evolve standards of measuring efficiency in procurement

Iraq contends that there is no evidence that the smoke plume from the oil well fires in Kuwait reached Syria, and states that Syria has not provided any information about the alleged depositions of pollutants from the smoke plume in its territory.

They considered that the number of posts reported should not be considered an indicator of how well the standard was used.

(a) Intersessional departures for 2005 and related matters

UNFPA should develop more accurate workload measures, specific to the full range of work undertaken, to ensure that General Service staff numbers are commensurate with need, and establish workload benchmarks and measures to determine more accurately the number of Professional staff needed (para. 9 (i) and (j)).

One of the advantages of the Programme is that it sets forth a number of norms and principles that must become a benchmark for any undertaking in this area.

He hoped that the generosity of such contributions would form the yardstick for enlargement of the membership of its Advisory Commission.

The census allows Australia to benchmark itself internationally.

Success and progress must be judged against a realistic standard.

reference base and yardstick) and Issue 6 (Avoiding setting

The mandates would then become a reference point for structuring the objectives over the short, medium and long term.

Matter of fact, as far as concerns go these days, it's about that size.

And the second is academic ability, which has really come to dominate our view of intelligence, because the universities designed the system in their image.

There are no specifications as to the criteria by which objectivity is to be measured.

I don't think that whether or not you're getting a compliment should be the test of something's value, but I think in the case of a fashion item, an article of clothing, that's a reasonable benchmark.

Each of these in turn is measured by a number of indicators that the donor nation finds are in accord with its values and principles.

A AC.241 58 Report on work being done on benchmarks and indicators to measure progress in the implementation of the Convention

She was convinced that effective implementation of the due diligence standard required measurable indicators, time bound targets and disaggregated data to measure compliance.

(Need for a common reference base and yardstick) and Issue 6 (Avoiding setting standards

Activity based costing standards could also provide good benchmarks to measure increases in efficiency.

These generally take men as their yardstick, investing them with higher status than women.

5. Requests the Secretary General, in the context of his next report on procurement reform, to evolve and provide the standards for measuring efficiency of procurement, taking into account the optimal duration of the procurement decision making process, the total workload in the Procurement Division and the cost efficiency of procurement, against which the performance should be measured

(i) The tabular information that reviews benchmarks and indicators utilized to measure progress and an assessment thereof.

Consideration and evaluation of benchmarks and indicators used to measure progress

(cont.) Measures taken or planned within the framework of national action programmes,

(b) Workload standards and performance measures

(b) Workload standards and performance measures

An annual review meeting of stakeholders will measure project achievements against benchmarks and success criteria.

Issue 4. Is there a need for a common reference base and yardstick, applicable in all situations, against which situations should be assessed?

Employment generation programmes in the informal sector have to be based on three essential measures.

Standardized indicators would be a helpful tool in the hands of policy makers, as they would help to measure the progress achieved by domestic reforms.

We concur with the recommendation and will continue with the further development of appropriate measures.

It also takes steps to improve training quality, arrange for its classification and define criteria for measuring the quality and profitability of vocational activities.

His delegation also agreed that the intention of States parties was an important criterion in determining whether a treaty should be terminated or suspended at the outbreak of an armed conflict.

The other point that's worth noticing is how one dimensional this projection is.

D. Criteria for measuring progress in the realization of the human right to adequate housing.

Indicators look beyond the mere quantity of the activities and outputs of the projects and attempt to measure their impact.