29. Another central issue which must be addressed is the choice of which indicators to prioritize, which to use as supplements and which to ignore. Related to this, users of indicators must be aware of precisely how and with which assumptions certain indicators are collected, tabulated and derived. Questions could be asked, such as: should hiiman rights organs rely upon traditional indicators like GNP per capita or hospital beds per capita, for example, as a measurement of progress in the domain of economic, social and cultural rights? How extensive a list of indicators will be required for a reasonably complete picture concerning these rights to emerge? How can such a list be made as short as possible in the interests of pragmatism, yet without compromising a systematic point of view? Whatever choices are eventually made, there remains the crucial problem of measuring not just the level of development or compliance with himian rights obligations achieved but also the rate of progress towards this end over time. 16/ 30. In the context of human rights and as a general principle, the greater the degree of disaggregation and precision of the indicators concerned, the greater the direct relevance of the indicators in question. At another level, it seems reasonable to state that the use of the sorts of general aggregated indicators currently available will decline, the more precise are the legal obligations of a State to fulfil a specific right. The general usefulness of social and economic indicators is arguably greater for those rights which have yet to achieve levels of legalistic precision. The application of standards by ILO provides substantial evidence of this hypothesis. Of course these issues are ones which will only require deep analysis after the existing and often vaguely defined economic, social and cultural rights take on the scope, 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the importance of choosing the right indicators to measure progress in economic, social, and cultural rights, which are closely related to human development and well-being. It highlights the need for precision and disaggregation in indicators, particularly in the context of human rights obligations. This suggests that the text is more concerned with the social and cultural aspects of development, rather than purely economic or environmental ones.

**Category**
Education, Health, Humanitarian aid and relief