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Which INDICATORS should be used?

This table divides the methodologies in terms of which sorts of indicators they use or focus on.

Structural indicators capture government commitments by focusing on legal obligations and national policy frameworks that reflect commitments, while process indicators reflect efforts at translating those commitments into practice through public programmes and specific interventions designed to produce the results promised. The outcome indicators then reflect whether those efforts have translated into the results promised and concrete positive impacts of policies and other interventions on the realization of rights. If all three boxes are checked, it means they are all relevant to the methodology.

Structure Process Outcome
Anderson 2008 X
Balakrishnan and Elson 2008 X X X
Felner/CESR 2008 X X X
Fukuda-Parr et al. 2008 X
OHCHR 2008 "MDGs" X X X
OHCHR 2008 "Indicators" X X X
LaBerge/UNDP 2008 X
Hunt and MacNoughton 2006 X X X
FAO 2008 Vol. 1 X X X
FAO 2008 Vol. 2 X X X
Foresti et al. 2009 X X X

Ruggie 2007

X X X
People's Health Movement 2006 X X X
Riedel 2006 X X X
IACHR 2008 X X X
DeBeco 2009*

*

De Beco argues that the structure, process, outcome framework may not always be appropriate for establishing a comprehensive and accurate set of indicators for evaluating compliance with many aspects of the relevant right.