Indicator 1.b.1 Pro-poor public social spending

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

Target 1.b: Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions

Indicator 1.b.1: Pro-poor public social spending

Definition:

Proportion of government spending which benefit directly the monetary poor in health, education and direct transfers. Government spending measures public expenditures on health and education services. Direct transfers refer to cash transfers and near-cash transfers. The definition of the monetary poor follows national standards, with poverty levels determined by national definition of income or consumption poverty (consistent with SDG 1.2.1).

Concepts:

Proportion of public spending: Expenditures by governments on health, education and direct transfers (cash transfers and near-cash transfers).