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Author: 
Thalif Deen
Author: 
Thalif Deen

THE RECORD OF GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN FULFILLING THEIR COMMITMENTS
The Social Scorecard summarises present status, progress and regressions on the basis of a selection of areas taken from the measurable goals established at the 1995 World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen and the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, as well as the 2000 Millennium Summit.

The indicators used to produce the tables «Progress and Regression» and «The Present Situation» are grouped in seven areas, each of which combine more than one variable: «Illiteracy» (adult illiteracy rates and illiteracy among 15-24 year olds); «Reproductive health» (percentage of pregnancies and deliveries attended by skilled personnel); «Food» (daily per capita calorie intake and percentage of under-5 children suffering from malnutrition); «Services» (percentage of population with access to sanitation, percentage of population with access to improved water sources and telephone lines per 1,000 inhabitants); «Childhood» (infant mortality rate, under-5 mortality rate, percentage of children reaching 5th grade and net primary school enrolment rate); and «Gender» (female to male ratio with respect to unemployment, gross enrolment rate in primary school and illiteracy among 15-24 year-olds).

Since 1995 Social Watch has presented a summary of the situation of countries in relation to the 2000 targets set as part of the commitments assumed by governments at the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen and the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, and in relation to the goals set for the year 2015 in the Millennium Declaration. For this edition we have developed a monitoring strategy by thematic area that incorporates and consolidates the dimensions of analysis relating to development and human security, in line with the approaches defined at the international summit meetings.

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By Thalif Deen

The table shows the situation of each thematic area selected by Social Watch. The four categories are calculated based on the average of the present situation for the indicators in each thematic area.

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