text: efforts by publishing a "human development" report from 199Ü onwards. In very relevant terms, the Administrator of UNDP has stated that "We constantly hear about the state of the world's economy. But we must also know how human society is progressing. What is the status of its education, health, nutrition, shelter and environment? Has there been a reduction or an increase in poverty? What is the status of women and children? What development strategies are succeeding in advancing the human cause?" 4Û/ The Programme believes this report will initiate a variety of activities, including working with countries to include "human balance sheets" in their national development plans and to invest further in developing social and human indicators. UNDP has also called for the convening of a world conference on the state of the human condition. 53. UNDP produces indicators across a wide spectrum dealing, inter alia, with, the following areas: under-five infant mortality; total population; child population; births; infant and child deaths; life expectancy; crude death and birth rates; fertility; and urban population. Similarly, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) produces statistical data relating to contraceptive prevalence. 54. The Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs has focused, inter alia, on the development of specialized and disaggregated indicators for certain social groups, especially women. Their 1989 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development treats the issue of indicators relevant to women in great detail. 55. The African Charter for Popular Participation in Development and Transformation which evolved out of the International Conference on Popular Participation in the Recovery and Development Process in Africa and was organized under the auspices of the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Follow-up on the Implementation of the UN-PAAERD at the Regional Level (UN-IATF) suggests the imperative of monitoring popular participation. This Charter states the following:
analysis: The text discusses the importance of monitoring human development, including indicators related to education, health, nutrition, shelter, and environment. It also mentions the development of specialized indicators for certain social groups, especially women. This suggests that the category should focus on human development and well-being.