Week 10: Measurement, Indices and Indicators for Sustainable Development and SDG

      For this week, we learned the topic of Measurement, Indices, and Indicators for Sustainable Development and SDG. The index is the instrument or mechanism used to measure any achievement in the world of academics and research. There are already a lot of indexes that have been developed to measure all sectors and aspects of life. One of them is the Malaysian Shariah Index, which refers to determining the status of the government in carrying out the administrations of the nations based on the Maqasid Shariah so that it adheres to Islamic standards. It also helps to provide future improvement that needs to be covered for the Islamic values to be truly practiced and applied in our country. 

Next, we also dived into the sustainability indicators which are usually understood as a quantitative tool that analyses changes, while measuring and communicating progress toward the use of sustainability and management of economic, institutional, social as well as environmental resources. There are four types of indicators which are context indicators, input indicators, process indicators, and impact indicators. Context indicators often describe the local administration works such as poverty figures. Meanwhile, input indicators provide information about the resources that are used to achieve certain goals. Process indicators, then provide information about the organization. Lastly, impact indicators measure the output of an action. 

To conclude today’s lesson, we understand that the proper measurements, indices, and indicators usage are essential to help the process of sustainable development. This shows how important it is to measure the progress accurately and understand the context behind the data.