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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).