SDGS AND RELATED ECONOMIC GOALS IN THE ARAB REGION

SDG READINESS WORKSHOP AMMAN MAY 2016

Omar Hakouz and Wafa Aboul Hosn UNESCWA Economic Statistics Section, Statistics Division

hakouzo@un.org aboulhosn@un.org

United Nations Economic and Social

Commission for Western Asia

1. Sustainable development Goals and Economic growth

2. GDP measure for growth

3. Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic

growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

4. Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and

sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

5. Indicators Tiers and Metadata

6. Priorities

7. Statistical Infrastructure

8. Data Collection

9. Capacity Building

10. Monitoring

Outline

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim for sustained,

inclusive economic growth that can provide full and productive

employment, and decent work for all by increasing productivity

through Innovation, entrepreneurship and job creation

Two Dedicated Goals:

Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable

economic growth, full and productive employment and decent

work for all

Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and

sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Sustainable development Goals and Economic growth

• GDP indicator for monitoring economic

growth remains very important and

central based on international statistical

standards

• Need to address People Planet

Partnership

• Add the sustainable Inclusive dimensions

• More detailed, comprehensive coverage,

better estimation,

• Expand to social and environment satellite

accounts

GDP measure for growth

• Growth provides work for people who will have the

means to tackle poverty, to be empowered as

minorities by being inclusive, and protect our

environment if jobs are green in a green economy.

Interlinkages

Indicators should be: 1. Methodologically sound (internationally agreed

definition) 2. Measurable 3. Accessible and easy to interpret 4. Relevant 5. Timely 6. Regularly produced over time

for global indicators: Internationally comparable

Tier 1: Satisfy all criteria

Tier 2: Satisfy most criteria but data coverage is insufficient

Tier 3: Methodology still being developed

Tier System

Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic

growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all Goals and Targets (from the 2030 Agenda) Indicators Sources Tier

8.1 Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance

with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7

per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in

the least developed countries

8.1.1 Annual growth rate of real GDP per

capita

Economic

Surveys and Other

Sources

I

8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic productivity

through diversification, technological upgrading and

innovation, including through a focus on high-value

added and labour-intensive sectors

8.2.1 Annual growth rate of real GDP per

employed person

Employment

Survey

I

8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that support

productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship,

creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization

and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises,

including through access to financial services

8.3.1 Proportion of informal employment

in non-agriculture employment, by sex

SUT +

Employment

Survey +HH 123

II

8.4 Improve progressively, through 2030, global

resource efficiency in consumption and production and

endeavour to decouple economic growth from

environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10

Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable

Consumption and Production, with developed countries

8.4.1 Material footprint, material footprint

per capita, and material footprint per GDP

SUT plus revised

survey

II

8.4.2 Domestic material consumption,

domestic material consumption per capita,

and domestic material consumption per

GDP

SUT plus revised

survey

II

8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent

work for all women and men, including for young people and

persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value

8.5.1 Average hourly earnings of female and male

employees, by occupation, age and persons with

disabilities

Revise Survey as per

ILO classification

II

8.5.2 Unemployment rate, by sex, age and

persons with disabilities

I

Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic

growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion

of youth not in employment, education or training

8.6.1 Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in

education, employment or training

I

8.7 Take immediate and effective measures to

eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and

human trafficking and secure the prohibition and

elimination of the worst forms of child labour,

including recruitment and use of child soldiers,

and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms

8.7.1 Proportion and number of children aged 5-17 years

engaged in child labour, by sex and age

I

8.8 Protect labour rights and promote safe and

secure working environments for all workers,

including migrant workers, in particular women

migrants, and those in precarious employment

8.8.1 Frequency rates of fatal and non-fatal occupational

injuries, by sex and migrant status

I

8.8.2 Increase in national compliance of labour rights

(freedom of association and collective bargaining) based

on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual

sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status

I

8.9 By 2030, devise and implement policies to

promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and

promotes local culture and products

8.9.1* Tourism direct GDP (as a proportion of total GDP

and in growth rate); and number of jobs in tourism

industries (as a proportion of total jobs and growth rate

of jobs, by sex)

Specialized

Survey

+BOP

II

8.9.2 Number of jobs in tourism

industries as a proportion of total jobs and growth rate of

jobs, by sex

Employment

Surveys/Esta

blishments

II

8.10 Strengthen the capacity of domestic

financial institutions to encourage and expand

access to banking, insurance and financial

services for all

8.10.1 Number of commercial bank branches and

automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults

Ad Records I

8.10.2 Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an

account at a bank or other financial institution or with a

mobile money service provider

II

Goals and Targets (from the 2030 Agenda) Indicators Sources Tier Agency

8.a Increase Aid for Trade support for

developing countries, in particular least

developed countries, including through

the Enhanced Integrated Framework

for Trade-related Technical Assistance

to Least Developed Countries

8.a.1 Aid for Trade

commitments and

disbursements

I OECD

8.b By 2020, develop and

operationalize a global strategy for

youth employment and implement the

Global Jobs Pact of the International

Labour Organization

8.b.1 Total government

spending in social protection

and employment

programmes as a proportion

of the national budgets and

GDP

GFS III ILO

Means of Implementation

Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive

and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

9.1 Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient

infrastructure, including regional and transborder

infrastructure, to support economic development and human

well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access

for all

9.1.1 Proportion of the rural population

who live within 2 km of an all-season

road

III

9.1.2 Passenger and freight volumes, by

mode of transport

I

9.2 Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and,

by 2030, significantly raise industry’s share of employment

and gross domestic product, in line with national

circumstances, and double its share in least developed

countries

9.2.1 Manufacturing value added as a

proportion of GDP and per capita

I

9.2.2 Manufacturing employment as a

proportion of total employment

I

9.3 Increase the access of small-scale industrial and other

enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to

financial services, including affordable credit, and their

integration into value chains and markets

9.3.1 Proportion of small scale industries

in total industry value added

Revise

Sampling

Techniques

III

9.3.2 Proportion of small scale industries

with a loan or line of credit III

9.4 By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to

make them sustainable, with increased resource-use

efficiency and greater adoption of clean and

environmentally sound technologies and industrial

processes, with all countries taking action in accordance

with their respective capabilities

9.4.1 CO2 emission per unit of value

added

Financial

reports of

Companies

SUT

I

9.5 Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological

capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular

developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging

innovation and substantially increasing the number of

research and development workers per 1 million people and

public and private research and development spending

9.5.1 Research and development (R&D)

expenditure as a proportion of GDP

Frascati

Manual

I

9.5.2 Researchers (in full-time equivalent)

per million inhabitants

Frascati

Manual

I

Sample of Economic Survey Questionnaire

Infrastructure to Improve Economic Data and its links to

social and environmental data

• Integrated Economic Statistics

• Economic Surveys: Adapt/Update economic surveys

redesign questionnaires to get information on

employment and material use

• Appropriate Frames (for example include SMEs)

• Develop Statistical Business Registers

• Informal Sector: Undertake Employment Surveys

• Apply International Standards and Guidelines

• Develop regional accounts within the countries

• Complete sequence of accounts as per the 2008 SNA

Monitoring and Reporting

•Countries should be able to report on SDGs 8 and 9

Data are more readily available that other indictors

•Improve infrastructure as per recommendations in

previous slide

•Goals 8 and 17 should be reported on by countries

for 2016

The Statistics Division in ESCWA provides capacity

building on economic statistics (SDG 8 and 9

economic parts)

1. Training on integrated economic statistics

2. Guidelines and technical assistance on Supply

and Use

3. Activities on Improving Business registers

4. Projects on PPP and Short-term Statistics

5. Assistance on National Accounts and 2008 SNA

implementation

6. Assistance on Satellite Accounts mainly System

of Environmental Economic Accounting and on

SAM

Capacity Building