Poverty Reduction Domain

Poverty Reduction The Poverty Reduction domain measures each country’s global citizenship commitment in three major areas: o the extent to which countries have signed and ratified international conventions and agreements related to poverty reduction and development o the level of each country’s monitoring and reporting for international poverty reduction commitments and to the corresponding organizations o the extent to which countries have implemented the principles of these conventions

Poverty Reduction Results So Far…

Domain Breakdown Convention Status: - ILO Abolition of Forced Labor Convention - International Convention on the Protection of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights - Agreement Establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development - Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action Monitoring and Reporting: - Status of MDGs - Progress in Implementing the Paris Declaration - Member of ILO - Member of FAO - Champion Country of Global Education First Initiative Implementation: - Income - Workforce and Employment - Health - Education - Inequality - Poverty Reduction Policies Current Events

Gathering Data for a Country: Convention Status ACTNo ActionSign OnlyRatified ILO Abolition of Forced Labor Convention Y Paris Declaration Y

Gathering Data for a Country: Monitoring and Reporting A.Status of MDGs (0-4 points): Countries were assigned 4 points if all 8 goals were met, or on track to be met, 3 points if most were met or on track to be met, 2 points if half were met or on track to be met, 1 point if less than half were met or on track to be met, and 0 points if none were met or on track to be met. B.Progress in Implementing the Paris Declaration (0-4): Donor countries were assigned 4 points if all 8 measurable 2010 targets were met in at least 75% of partner countries, 3 points if most targets were met in at least 75% of partner countries, 2 points if half the targets were met in at least 75% of partner countries, 1 point if less than half of targets were met in at least 75% of partner countries, 0 points if no targets were met in at least 75% of target countries. C.Member of ILO (0-2 points): Countries are assigned 2 points if they appear on the ILO membership list D.Member of FAO (0-2 points): Countries are assigned 2 points if they appear on the FAO membership list E.Champion Country of Global Education First Initiative (0-2 points): Countries are assigned 2 points if they appear on the Champion Country of Global Education First Initiative Membership list

Gathering Data for a Country: Implementation Indicators + Current Events Sub-indicators Indicator

Implementation Breakdown 1.Income 1.Income Index 2.Population Living on Less than $1.25 per day (%) 3.Percent Expenditures on Food 2.Workforce and Employment 1.Vulnerable Employment (%) 2.Share of Working Poor (PPP $2/day) 3.Human Capital Index 4.Unemployment Rate 3.Health 1.Out of Pocket Health Expenditure 2.Child Malnutrition 3.Density of Health Workforce (Nursing and Midwife Personnel) per 10,000 Pop 4.DALYS 4.Education 1.Adult Literacy Rate 2.Expected Years of Schooling 3.Years of Compulsory Schooling 4.Survival to Last Grade of Primary School (%) 5.Inequality 1.Gini Coefficient* 2.Coefficient of Human Inequality 3.Income Share Held by Highest 10% 6.Poverty Reduction Policies 1.Percent GDP Spending on Social Safety Net Programs 2.Adequacy of Social Assistance Benefits 3.Poverty Gap Reduction Due to Social Assistance 4.Social Safety Net Protection 7.Current Events

Points Scale for Gini Coefficient Old Scale New Scale

Implementation Data Sources World Economic Forum– Human Capital Report 2015 World Health Organization– Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) The World Bank World Bank Group – State of Social Safety Nets 2015 Cornell University Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management International Labour Organization Food and Agriculture Organization

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