text: UNESCO's Statistical Yearbook contains more than 100 indicators relevant to the rights to education, scientific and technological development and culture. These are disaggregated into categories such as; (a) Literacy rates; (b) Percentage distribution of population by educational attainment and by sex; (c) Estimated public expenditure on education; (d) Educational structures and enrolment ratios; (e) Education at the pre-primary, first, second and third levels; (f) Scientific and technical manpower; (g) Selected indicators of scientific and technological development; (h) Culture and communication; (i) Printed material; (j) Book production; (k) Newspapers and other periodicals; (1) Cultural papers; (m) Cultural heritage and many others. UNESCO also utilizes a variety of statistical data in its reports to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 27/ 42. One of the central uses of indicators by FAO relates to their Programme of Action of the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (WCARRD). Although the development of socio-economic indicators by FAO was considerably curtailed in 1987 because of financial difficulties, activities are still taking place. Work has been undertaken to review and improve the guidelines on indicators for monitoring and evaluating agrarian reform and rural development through the harmonization of the contents with similar work of other United Nations agencies (E/CN.3/1989/11, pp. 5 and 6). On the basis of a list of indicators selected from these guidelines, a common framework was prepared for use by coimtries in preparing their reports to the FAO Conference at its twenty-fourth session, held in November 1987, on progress in the implementation of the Programme of Action of WCARRD and, in particular, on levels of rural poverty as measured by relevant socio-economic indicators (E/CN.3/1989/11, pp. 5 and 6). These and other reports may be of interest to human rights bodies dealing with the right to food, the rights of women, the
analysis: The text appears to focus on the collection and use of statistical indicators by various United Nations agencies, specifically UNESCO and FAO, to monitor and evaluate progress in various areas, including education, culture, and rural development. The indicators are used to track progress towards specific goals and rights, such as the right to education and the right to food.