Measurement and criteria for evaluation

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C. Income measures

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.

Evolve standards of measuring efficiency in procurement

(c) Adopt performance measures for countries

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

Success and progress must be judged against a realistic standard.

reference base and yardstick) and Issue 6 (Avoiding setting

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

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

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

However, it has not yet been possible to devise a universally accepted measure for this capability.

In the case of LSD, reported seizures may be a more variable, and less reliable, indicator of trafficking than in the case of some other types of drugs.

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.

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

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

In an evaluation in 1994 it was noted that, quot generally speaking, the methodological weaknesses have been substantial and include the use of non randomized designs, the absence of pretest measurement, small sample sizes, unreliable measurement, and a lack of statistical controls in the analysis quot .

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)).

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

Consideration and evaluation of benchmarks and indicators used to measure progress

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

There is little comparability with previous data, and income is used as an indicator of well being, rather than consumption which is, among others, a more reliable measurement of poverty.

And this is a measure of how much well being we get for our planetary resource use.

The commitments had been translated into measurable targets.

An additional benchmark is the establishment of comparable sentencing patterns to which drug traffickers are subjected across the region.

(a) Intersessional departures for 2005 and related matters

But measurement alone will not bring results.

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

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

The Committee noted that, while net national income (NNI), the measurement currently used, might in principle be a better guide to measuring capacity to pay, it involved an adjustment to GNP for depreciation, for which estimates were generally less reliable and comparable, as they were often based on varying assumptions about the rate at which the capital stock was depleted.

Action plans with time bound, measurable benchmarks and targets have been developed to facilitate increased implementation of gender mainstreaming.

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.

Indirect measures might include the enumeration of citations of programme activities or products in professional literature or the media.

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

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.

Time bound and measurable goals of the Programme of Action for the least developed countries not only provide benchmarks for measuring progress, they also serve as an effective means for planning, policymaking, institutional reform and resource mobilization.

The census allows Australia to benchmark itself internationally.

Staffing efficiency is only one measure of the cost efficiency of procurement performance.

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

Such problems related mainly to quality, liability, scientific reliability, recognition of qualifications, standards and licensing, insurance coverage, confidentiality of information.

The Committee requests that a uniform standard for measuring recruitment time lines be applied throughout the Secretariat.