A/HRC/42/29 extreme poverty and human rights issued a report dedicated to privatization, including public-private partnerships, in which he recommended that steps be taken to undertake systematic studies on the human rights impacts of partnerships in specific areas, to insist that arrangements for the privatization of public goods specifically address the human rights implications and to explore new ways in which human rights mechanisms can ensure accountability.97 3. Data, monitoring and accountability Target 17.18 – capacity-building to increase the availability of high-quality disaggregated data 60. Developing countries need support and assistance in the area of data collection capacity. Despite the existence of successful initiatives, it is estimated that $800 million per year of international cooperation will be needed to fill the gap for basic data production relating to the Sustainable Development Goals.98 61. Disaggregated data reveals patterns of inequality and discrimination, contributing to the understanding of particular challenges to the enjoyment of the right to development and to the objective of leaving no one behind. Treaty bodies99 and special procedure mandate holders have frequently recommended the compilation of information and statistics, disaggregated in accordance with target 17.18, including in the context of international cooperation. OHCHR has published a guidance note that can inform capacity-building on a human rights-based approach to data collection and disaggregation. 100 OHCHR carries out capacity-building activities related to these guidelines in different regions. The collection of disaggregated data is, furthermore, a step in undertaking human rights impact assessments. Target 17.19 – develop measurements of progress on sustainable development and support statistical capacity-building 62. Alternative approaches such as the human development index, the World Happiness Report, the genuine progress indicator, the Better Life Index and the Inclusive Wealth Index,101 as well as national practices such as the gross national happiness index in Bhutan and the sustainable progress index in Ireland, have been proposed as complements to gross domestic product to assess progress in sustainable development. The development of new or alternative approaches to measuring development should build on the recommendations by the Working Group, the high-level task force on the right to development and other human rights mechanisms. 63. In the view of the Working Group, there is an urgent need to build national capacity, especially statistical capacities, through technical cooperation programmes to encourage the use of human rights impact assessments and other tools in guiding public policy at the national and international levels for the implementation of the right to development. 102 In this regard, in its resolution 71/313, the General Assembly urged all relevant stakeholders to intensify their support for strengthening data collection and statistical capacity-building, in a coordinated manner that recognized national priorities and reflected national ownership of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, in developing countries. 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 E/C.12/GBR/CO/6, para. 14; A/70/342. A/73/396, para. 87. Secretariat of the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century, Statistical Capacity Development Outlook 2019, pp. 29–32. See, for example, CERD/C/DZA/CO/20-21, para. 6; CEDAW/C/PSE/CO/1, para. 29 (c); CMW/C/IDN/CO/1, para. 19; CRPD/C/HND/CO/1, para. 66; CRC/C/BRB/CO/2, para. 59. See, in particular, pp. 7–11. Available at www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/HRIndicators/GuidanceNoteonApproachtoData.pdf, pp. 7–10. For a broad list of examples of such indicators, see United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Indices and Indicators: 2018 Statistical Update. E/CN.4/2005/25, paras. 53 and 54 (e). 15