Division for Sustainable Development
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National Activities: Philippines
Philippines
National Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development
5 June 1998
Manila, Philippines
Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific
(in cooperation with the National Economic & Development Authority -
Philippine Council for Sustainable Development)
ANNEX 2
DETAILED LISTING OF ISDs
I. ECONOMIC
1. Equity in income and wealth
a. Gini coefficient
(i) urban vs. rural
(ii) rich vs. poor
(iii) men vs. women
2. Growth/Sources of growth
a. GNP
b. Number of research and development (R & D) personnel
c. Genuine savings ratio
d. GDP elasticity
e. Environmentally-adjusted NDP
f. Incidence of poverty
3. Productivity
a. Ownership of agricultural land
b. GVA per worker per sector
c. Rice production per unit land
d. Energy intensity
e. Income ratio by source of income
4. Employment
a. Employment rate
b. Unemployment rate
c. Employment distribution according to gender
d. Occupational health and safety standards violations
e. Wage rate
(i) male
(ii) female
5. Indebtedness
a. Debt service ratio
b. Debt to equity ratio
c. Debt to foreign exchange earnings ratio
d. Savings rate
II. SOCIAL/CULTURAL
1. Education
a. No. of barangays without complete elementary schools
b. No. of towns/districts without secondary schools
c. Cohort graduation rate
d. Drop-out rate
2. Health
a. Incidence of malnutrition, male and female
b. Percentage (%) population with access to health services
c. % population with access to safe water
d. % population with access to sanitation
e. Incidence of environmentally-related diseases
3. Housing
a. Housing by ownership status
4. Population
a. Population growth rate
b. Urban-rural distribution
c. Dependency ratio
5. Indigenous knowledge and practices (IKPs)
a. Rate of survival of IKPs
6. Values (moral and cultural)
a. Crime rate
b. Incidence of street children
c. Extent of religiosity
III. ECOLOGICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL
1. Resource depletion
a. upland/forest
(i) Total forest cover by type (area)
(ii) Rate of conversion to other land uses
(iii) Forest products yield (amount)
(iv) Introduced species (number)
b. Iowland/agricultural
(i) Land use distribution by type (area and use)
(ii) Land conversion
(iii) Crop yield per unit area (amount)
(iv) Introduced species (number)
c. urban
(i) Open spaces (area)
d. coastal/marine
(i) Fish catch per unit effort (amount of catch/species)
(ii) Fish yield of resident species (amount of catch per residence)
e. freshwater
(i) Introduced species (number)
2. Ecosystem degradation
a. upland/forest
(i) Patchiness of forest cover
(ii) Soil erosion (amount and area covered)
(iii) Total forest cover by type (area)
b. Iowland/agricultural
(i) Rate of soil erosion (amount and area covered)
c. urban
(i) Air pollutant emission (tons/year)
(ii) Solid/liquid waste (tons/year)
(iii) Population density
(iv) Rate of blighted areas
d. coastal/marine
(i) Live coral cover
(ii) Total seagrass cover
(iii) Total mangrove cover
(iv) Incidence of the use of destructive fishing methods
e. freshwater
(i) Incidence of fish kills
(ii) Natural carrying capacity of freshwater bodies
3. Pollution of air and water
(i) Total load of air/water pollutants (tons/year)
(ii) Number and magnitude of oil spills (area covered and volume of
oil spill)
(iii) Incidence and degree of algal bloom
(iv) Incidence of fish kills
(v) Amount of chemical fertilizer used
(vi) Sedimentation
(vii) Sources of pollution
IV. POLITICAL/INSTITUTIONAL
1. People empowerment thru multi-stakeholdership approach
a. Percentage (%) of functional councils, committees that are multi-stakeholder in composition
b. % of membership of functional CSOs accredited/registered
c. Level of awareness on sustainable development/PA 21 (survey instruments)
2. Local governance/Capacity building/Financing
a. % funding for above formations of multi-stakeholders(i) % GAA (national)b. Number of HRD activities for sectoral agencies and members
(ii) % IRA (local)
(iii) % level of investments (business/private)
c. Public consultations conducted and attended
3. Resource management mechanisms
a. Geographical presence/coverage of RMC mechanisms
b. Number and susbstance of resolutions, plans and ordinances
passed supporting SD/PA 21
c. Effectiveness of mechanisms in achieving desired targets/%
accomplishments(i) conservation
(ii) sustainable use
(iii) equity
Minimum List of SDIs (IEMSD Programme)
- Real GDP per worker
- Real GNI per capita
- Ratio of conventional NDP to modified NDP by sector/industry
- "Genuine" savings rate
- Population growth rate
- Dependency ratio
- Incidence of poverty, urban-rural distribution
- Gini concentration ratios
- Unemployment rate
- Employment rate
- % population with access to health services
- % population with access to safe water
- % population with access to sanitation
- Adult literacy rate
- Incidence of malnutrition
- Housing by ownership status
- Housing by type
- Squatter density
- Agriculture land use by type
- Soil erosion
- Crop yield
- Concentration of air pollutants at selected cities
- % solid waste properly disposed in selected cities
- Concentration of water pollutants at selected water bodies
- Coral reefs and coral cover: status or condition
- Seagrass beds: status or condition
- Mangrove cover
- Fishery stocks in selected fishing grounds
- Oil spills: number and magnitude
- Incidence of red tide
- Water quality of selected freshwater bodies (major rivers and lakes)
- Fish stocks in selected freshwater bodies
- Ratio of mining area rehabilitated against total mining area
- Ratio of size of impounding dams to mine tailings
- Number of threatened flora and fauna species
- Land conversion of Protected Areas
- Ratio of Protected habitats to total land area
- % contribution to air pollution (energy)
- % indigenous vs. imported energy sources
- Water supply vs. demand (demand-supply gap)
- Groundwater pollution
- Quantity of CFCs imported
- Incidence of El Nio Phenomenon