The Index has four key design principles:
1.
Exclusively social and environmental indicators: The index focuses on
indicators like indoor air pollution and women in school, not family income or
individual employment.
2.
Outcomes not inputs: The index assesses performance on indicators like
access to electricity and suicide rates, not inputs like policies, laws, or
levels of funding.
3.
Actionability: The indicators used are specific enough, such as access
to improved sanitation facilities, to pinpoint exactly what needs to be changed
or maintained.
4.
Relevance to all countries (societies): The index has been designed to
measure performance of societies at all levels of income and on any continent.
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