and Development (UNCTAD), which periodically updates its basic social and economic indicators on the least developed coxmtries in connection with the monitoring of the Substantial New Programme of Action for the Least Developed Coxintries; ECE, which deals extensively with indicators, for instance in their Recommendations for the 1990 Censuses of Population and Housing in the ECE Region; the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA), which has published the System of Basic Indicators for Social Statistics and the System of Basic Indicators for Social Statistics; Methods of Calculation; OECD, which has published the .Q.EÇD Ljgt of Spçial Indicators and Living Conditions in OECD indicators relating to ODA through the Development Assistance Committee (DAC). IV. rights monitoring bodies 57. The use of indicators for the assessment of progress in the fulfilment of economic, social and cultural rights by htunan rights bodies is a developing process and one which has a long way to go. The potential of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in utilizing indicators to monitor the legal obligations of States is clearly the largest of that of all the active treaty bodies. 58. The Committee has begtm exploring the issue of indicators in various ways. This was most clearly evident at its fourth session, where one expert (on his own initiative) prepared a list of 20 indicators relevant to the various articles of the Covenant on each of the States which appeared before the Committee. These were aggregated into six parts, namely: (a) population, (b) gross domestic product, (c) employment, (d) health, (e) housing and (f) education and covered a 20-year scale of comparability. While this independent effort was generally appreciated by the Committee, it was also felt that this body should rely upon indicators developed by a 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the use of indicators for monitoring and assessing progress in economic, social, and cultural rights, as well as economic development. The indicators mentioned are related to population, gross domestic product, employment, health, housing, and education, which suggests that the text is focused on economic and social development.

**Category**
Economic development, Education, Employment, Health