Full integration of population dynamics into sustainable development with equality and respect for human rights
Region countries have Instruments on Integration of population dynamics
Policies and instruments
It is impossible to adopt forward-looking policies for improving people’s lives without taking into account population dynamics, which determine the number of people, where they will live, and the composition and age structure of future populations. Population is intrinsic to development: it is shaped by economic, social and environmental forces and in turn it gives shape to future economic, social and environmental conditions. As the preamble to the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development notes, “population dynamics —growth and decline, changes in the age structure, urbanization, migration and changing household and family structures— influence the opportunities for human development, are shaped by the decisions that people take and are essential for planning economic and social growth as well as for the three pillars of sustainable development: social, economic and environmental.
Priority Measures
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Eradicate poverty
Reinforce the public policies and actions needed to eradicate poverty and break the cycles of exclusion and inequality as a condition for achieving development in the region. -
Human rights, gender and interculturality
Apply a human rights approach with a gender and intercultural perspective in addressing population and development issues, and step up efforts to recognize, promote and uphold relevant goals in order to eliminate inequalities and foster social inclusion. -
Public institutionality
Build and strengthen national and subnational public institutions with responsibility for population and development issues, and ensure that they function in an integral and sustainable manner with the active participation of non-governmental stakeholders. -
Population and development
Ensure full integration of population dynamics into sustainable development planning, sectoral policies and public policies and programmes in general ―in particular in development and land-use planning― at national and subnational levels, drawing on sociodemographic knowledge and information and harnessing technological advances. -
Sustainable development for human well-being
Pursue sustainable development as a means of securing now and in the future human well-being for all peoples on an equitable basis, and ensuring that the linkages between population, resources, the environment and development are fully recognized, appropriately administered and maintained in a harmonious and dynamic balance with a thriving biodiversity and healthy ecosystems -
Sustainable production and development
Guarantee sustainable production and consumption patterns and avoid exacerbating the undesirable climate change phenomena brought about by human activity.
Instruments
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Vivir en Uruguay
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Plan Estratégico Económico y Social
Mejorar las condiciones de vida de todos los habitantes del país, sin exclusiones, o en otras palabras, el mejoramiento de la condición humana, de manera
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Política de Cooperación Internacional de Uruguay para el Desarrollo Sostenible al 2030
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Cuarto Plan de Acción Nacional de Gobierno Abierto de Uruguay 2018-2020
Uruguay establece 39 compromisos que se encuentran agrupados en 11 ejes temáticos, 21 de los compromisos integran demandas totales o parciales de actores de la
Indicators
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Proportion of population below the international poverty line, by sex, age, employment status and geographical location (urban/rural).
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Suicide mortality rate.
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Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill
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Proportion of informal employment in non-agriculture, by sex
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Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities.
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Unemployment rate, by sex, age and people with disabilities
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Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
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Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
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Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to lan documentation, by sex and by type of tenure.d, with legally recognize
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Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population, by sex and age.
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Proportion of population subjected to physical, psychological or sexual violence in the previous 12 months
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Proportion of the population living below the national poverty line, by sex and age.
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Proportion of population reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed in the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law
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Existence of a public institution responsible for coordinating population and development issues, acting as the country’s counterpart to the Regional Conference on Population and Development, in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Existence of a mechanism for broad participation, including non-governmental stakeholders, as part of the public institution responsible for coordinating population and development issues for the implementation and follow-up of the Montevideo Consensus (r
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Availability of national plans, policies or sectoral strategies which interact with and include the implementation and mainstreaming of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development.
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Existence of development plans that include demographic projections in their formulation.
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Proportion of indicators produced at the national level for monitoring the Montevideo Consensus, with feasible disaggregation when relevant to the target, in accordance with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
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Proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions, according to national definitions.
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Proportion of people living below 50 per cent of median income, by age, sex and persons with disabilities.
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Gini coefficient
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Proportion of the population living in households with access to basic services.
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Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection).
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Life expectancy at birth, by sex
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Proportion of population with large household expenditures on health as a share of total household expenditure or income.