Measurement and criteria for evaluation

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C. Income measures

It's all very one dimensional.

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

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

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)).

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.

And we've know for a long time that this is not a good measure of the welfare of nations.

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.

Success and progress must be judged against a realistic standard.

reference base and yardstick) and Issue 6 (Avoiding setting

In general, the use of double standards would inevitably be detrimental to the ongoing efforts to protect and promote human rights.

The world is ready for a new, comprehensive metric for national and global progress and prosperity, one that tells us whether people really are better off and how to ensure that they are.

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.

As well, there are benefits arising from the standardization of systems that are of a more qualitative nature and thus difficult to quantify.

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.

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

However, it is the view of the Committee that there is a need for further refinement and precision in the delineation of indicators, including a description of the situation before the implementation of the projects so as to be able to better measure the results achieved.

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

Monitoring and evaluation of the change process 21. The Board recommends that UNDP develop appropriate performance indicators and measures to assess specific change implementation activities, relating these directly to the main objectives of the change process (para. 150).

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,

In fact, the hiring figures seem to show that this kind of work provides men and women with greater economic security.

(a) Intersessional departures for 2005 and related matters

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.

In this case, and measured against that standard, Canada believes that the wiser course the principled course is clear.

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.

It would result in a greater measure of harmonization and compatibility between domestic law and practice.

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.

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

Mr. Berti Oliva (Cuba) said that the Committee should focus on establishing a methodology that was more effective at measuring Member States' capacity to pay, which was the fundamental criterion on which all other relevant criteria should be based.

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

In our mind, the relevant metric is student to valuable human time with the teacher ratio.