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health policies against core concepts of human rights and identifying
vulnerable groups that, in principle, must be targeted by public health policies
(Amin M et al, 2011).
The core concepts are a unique feature of the tool as they allow each issue
for action and Target Group to be assessed for its potential to address the
social, economic, environmental and institutional pillars of development, as
appropriate and relevant. In effect, each issue for action and Target Group
could link to more than one core concept. In the real world, it is a known fact
that often sectoral policies are applied in isolation. Also, adequate linkages are
often not established between SDG targets. This stove-pipe approach to policy
formulation and implementation often leads to inadequate understanding
and appreciation of the multiple and simultaneous disadvantages and
vulnerability faced by population/Target Groups. Thus, policies often do not
reach the most marginalized groups, which in turn also results in fragmented
data collection without looking at simultaneous or nested disaggregation
characteristics. Thus, the core concepts could serve as an aid to bring about
better integration of Issues for Action and Target Groups across the various
pillars of development, to address the principle of “leave-no-one-behind” in
the policy-making and data collection processes.
In addition to establishing linkages across the social, economic,
environment and institutional dimensions of development, the core concepts
also broaden perspectives and provide insight on Issues for Action and Target
Groups, which could potentially have been relevant for coverage in the policy
document, but were missed out. For instance, while enhancing women’s
labour force participation could primarily be an issue for action addressing the
economic pillar of development (as it could concern the issue of creating
decent work for women; their protection for working across borders etc.), the
policy may fail to realize that unless women’s unpaid work burden is not
reduced or redistributed at the intra-household level (social dimension), their
physical working environment is not improved in certain occupations or work
places (environmental dimension), or the legal infrastructure in the country is
not conducive (institutional dimension), related policies may not reach those
facing multiple forms of deprivation. Thus, the core concepts provide insight
on what may be potentially important and relevant in the national context, but
has been missed out of the policy. They provide useful inputs and guidance
for policy review or reformulation in the future.

National sustainable development indicator set
Assessing each issue for action and Target Group from the angle of the
various pillars for development allows for the development of a more
comprehensive supporting indicator framework, as the indicators required
measuring these various dimensions (economic, social, environment,

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