SOCIAL INDICATORS OF DEVELOPMENT
An Indicator is a measure that
describes the important features of a large system. Indicators shows
"progress" when social circumstances have really changed. Generally
social indicators perform one or more of three functions, providing a basis for
information for decision making, monitoring and evaluating policies, and/or
searching for a common good and deciding how to reach it. Social indices of
development is a forms of evidence that help assessment of present
position and future directions.
The social indicators for each country including:
F The size, growth of the country
F The structure
of population
F The education
and illiteracy
F Standard of leaving of people
F The quantity of natural resources available.
F The rate of
income and poverty
F The rate of expenditure on food, housing, fuel and
power, transport and communication
F Investment in medical care and education, water and
sanitation ,diseases.
F The employment opportunity available,
F Environment and sustainability .
Each of these indicators is broken into several subcategories.
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