The indicators are all measurable, but no quantified objectives were set (on the starting situation and on the expected future situation).

And he said, It's any measurable phenomenon that allows us to indicate the presence of life.

(iii) Development of measurable indicators corresponding to the High Commissioner's five commitments

To demonstrate their seriousness, Japanese officials moved quickly to commit to measurable metrics.

Within this increasingly complex environment, UNICEF will pursue funding strategies that support common approaches to reducing transaction costs, streamlining operational processes and producing measurable results.

It moves the organization from transaction processing to offering a set of high calibre skills in focused product lines, to achieve quantifiable results within a short time frame.

Most of them remain too general and do not include measurable information.

Such changes should be readily measurable using Sancho.

These pledges, reformulated as specific, measurable targets, became the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The development of action plans with concrete, measurable targets has proven particularly effective.

The Hartwell group correctly notes that in order to be successful, our approach to climate policy should offer obvious advantages ( rapid and demonstrable pay back ), appeal to a wide variety of people, and produce measurable results.

If we start with a (pseudosemi )metric space, we get a pseudosemimetric, i.e.

Finally, the representative emphasized the need for clear quantifiable results.

(b) Achieving significant and measurable results in the field of demand reduction by the year 2008.

Basically, attention has three quantifiable aspects time, completeness division, and the value of the person who is giving it.

A physical property is any property that is measurable whose value describes a state of a physical system.

an expenditure tracking mechanism for registration activities. Within the RBM framework, Impact Analysis using established quantifiable indicators, needs to be undertaken regularly.

Nonetheless, OIOS found that many operations have not yet developed SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time bound) performance objectives and related indicators to allow comparison and benchmarking and to measure progress over a period of time.

The Government was therefore beginning to train indigenous teachers to teach pupils in their own language, within each ethnic group, and the goal was to achieve parity in 20 years, with measurable initial results in five years.

Where others might look at measurable results, I tend to be interested in more ethereal qualities, like Does it bring joy?

Software has done this in a way that's been very visible, because it's measurable. But the thing to see is that this actually happens throughout the Web.

Action plans with time bound, measurable benchmarks and targets have been developed to facilitate increased implementation of gender mainstreaming.

With regard to results based budgeting, some of the performance indicators were not specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time bound (SMART).

The next step is to define measurable targets, such as better lives for slum dwellers or reduced deforestation.

Iraq argues that Syria has not suffered any measurable economic loss either in terms of extraordinary expenditure or loss of revenue.

The absence of clearly defined objectives, benchmarks and quantifiable outputs makes it difficult to determine whether UNODC operations are efficient, effective and economical.

Overall, it is clear that more needs to be done to obtain further concrete and measurable results.

Others, such as Mohammed Tamim, believe that economic development is measurable in educational level from primary school to the university.

This represented the first time that a holistic strategy to meet the development needs of the world has been established, with measurable targets and defined indicators.

In particular, management can identify ways to adjust and adapt the process to particular projects without measurable losses of quality or deviations from specifications.

The World Bank is developing an African Action Plan with 25 initiatives to improve education, roads and power, with financing targets and measurable goals.

The most suitable stage for a cancer vaccine is likely to be early disease, when the tumor volume is low, but the problem there is that clinical trials take upwards of five years and require high numbers of patients to reach measurable end points.

Alan Brown suggests that Berlin ignores the fact that values are indeed commensurable as they can be compared by their varying contributions towards the human good.

There is now a need for the further development of measurable indicators, while taking account of resource constraints and recognizing the technical difficulties of collecting some of the desirable data.

The Annual Meetings of the Bank and IMF in September had called for translating those agreements into concrete action plans and measurable steps.

For screening to be useful, the test or procedure must readily identify the disease in question, and the subsequent treatment must result in some measurable benefit.

For donor assistance to be truly effective, the States involved must produce clear strategic plans with defined priorities and measurable outcomes, and be transparent in their use of funds.

No one can determine how much of America s productivity gains in recent years have resulted from squeezing human capital, because such things are not measured.

As part of the Secretariat's effort to move towards performance based contracts, quantifiable performance criteria are being included in new service contracts.

(b) Achieving significant and measurable results in the field of demand reduction, including through prevention and treatment strategies and programmes to reduce drug use

So I told them this story. I said, Guys, I'm thinking about something here, this isn't right. I can't have a relationship with you guys based on a premise that is a quantifiable one.

The goals must have measurable, achievable objectives that extend beyond national policy they must inspire regional and local administrations, businesses, civil society, and individuals everywhere to change their behavior.

The first seven Millennium Development Goals present measurable goals, while the eighth lists a number of 'stepping stone' goals ways in which progress towards the first seven goals could be made.

Furthermore, for the support component of peacekeeping budgets, measurable outputs have been identified for each of the main operational cost categories (e.g., facilities, ground transportation, air transportation, information technology and communications).

Moreover, our empirical understanding of how migration interacts with development was limited at the time there was little data with which to shape measurable goals.