Interpretation of Sustainable Development Using a Set of Macroeconomic and Social Indicators for a Group of Nine Emerging Economies

State, Olimpia; Bulin, Daniel; Oehler-Şincai, Iulia Monica; Kanovici, Adrian Lucian; Iorgulescu, Maria-Cristina; Popescu, Claudia; Popescu, Decebal

doi:10.3390/su11113095

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“…In the existing literature there are only a few studies (about forty) aimed at estimating the ability of countries and, especially of emerging ones, to implement every tool associated with the sustainable development goals, also demonstrating how they are achieving the levels envisaged in these goals (State et al, 2019). Starting from Goal 8 "Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all", with the Target 8.9 (Figure no.…”

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Implementing SDGs for Sustainable Tourism Development

Crovella¹,

Bhuiyan²,

Pontrandolfo³

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New Trends in Sustainable Business and Consumption

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Tourism plays a key role in development and in the economy redistribution, but also generates negative effects. Its impact concerns environmental pollution, increased demand for fossil fuels and energy intensity (Katircioglu, 2014). In the year 2015 there was a strategic turning point for global development and tourism, as governments of many countries have adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their national development policies. The SDGs correspond to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. This research provides some indicators connected with the assessment of the sustainability of the tourism sector in some targets of 8 and 12 SDGs. This study aims to identify effects and opportunities for tourism industry on the economy at global level starting from an analysis in terms implementation of some sustainability tools in tourism industry at country level. Thus, we covered a structured methodological path that consists of an overview of the implementation of the measurement standards, particularly referring Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) and System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA). This assessment, based on international standards, ensures the international comparability of values between countries and time periods. The results show that the tourism industry is receiving particular attention from countries, but there is a need for greater awareness at local level in the communication of the instruments implemented and the levels of sustainability achieved. This framework aims to become a structured instrument for private and public stakeholder who analyze tourism according to the three dimensions of sustainability (economic, social and environmental).

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Implementing SDGs for Sustainable Tourism Development

Crovella¹,

Bhuiyan²,

Pontrandolfo³

et al. 2022

New Trends in Sustainable Business and Consumption

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“…For the indicator selection stage, indicators must offer an estimation of a specific region's ability to implement the SDGs for sustainable development assessment (State et al 2019) and must quantify both the determinants and the final impacts of sustainability (Hui et al 2019). Likewise, indicators must be meaningfully used from the perspective of sus- The Aburrá Valley has an information center called Metropolitan Information Observatory (MIO) that is in charge of presenting the analysis, processing, and interpretation of indicators that support the institutional management and regional planning, focusing on subjects such as planning and territory, environment, mobility, quality of life, and institutions (AMVA 2019).…”

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Section: Data and Indicator Descriptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For the indicator selection stage, indicators must offer an estimation of a specific region's ability to implement the SDGs for sustainable development assessment (State et al 2019) and must quantify both the determinants and the final impacts of sustainability (Hui et al 2019). Likewise, indicators must be meaningfully used from the perspective of sustainable development (Da Silva et al 2020) and must measure progress and support decision-making by providing a simplified view of complex phenomena (Karnauskaite et al 2019).…”

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Application of AHP for the Weighting of Sustainable Development Indicators at the Subnational Level

2021

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This article presents an indicator weighting method for constructing composite indices to assess sustainable development at the subnational level. The study uses an analytic hierarchy process (AHP), which is considered relevant, since it establishes links between the indicators that make up the different sustainable development goals (SDG). For this purpose, 28 indicators defined by experts constitute the base to evaluate the progress towards sustainable development of the Aburrá Valley region, located in Antioquia, Colombia. The results show that health, employment, and education indicators obtained higher weights, while environmental indicators received the most reduced weights. Likewise, the model proves to be consistent using a consistency ratio, which generates the possibility of replicating this model at different subnational levels.

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“…In terms of the government's role, State et al (2019) pointed out that emerging countries have had difficulties with developing, assessing and implementing the SDGs. In these cases, the government should adopt a national implementation strategy with a political will that defines trends in terms of the importance of SDGs (Van Lancker and Ghysels, 2012).…”

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Investment obstacles to sustainable development and competitiveness index

Alshubiri

2020

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PurposeThis paper was aimed to develop better knowledge to show how obstacles impact Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in investment business on the global competitiveness index (GCI). This study was applied to six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies to analyse and classify investment obstacles in order to improve GCI and mitigate the obstacles to doing business.Design/methodology/approachThis study used the 12 pillars of the GCI to classify six GCC countries and 15 factors of SDGs using data from 2008 to 2017. The data were collected from the International Monetary Fund and GCI reports from 2008 to 2018 on all six GCC countries: the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar. The paper adopted equations to analyse the GCI, along with 15 obstacles to doing investment business. The paper used regression and correlation tests by two proxies: obstacles to SDGs as an independent variable and the GCI as a dependent variable.FindingsThe findings of this study focussed on the best classification of the GCI, which went to Qatar, whereas the lowest rank went to Oman. The major components of obstacles to doing investment business are restrictive labour regulations, access to financing and inefficient government bureaucracy factors. These obstacles stand in the way of achieving SDGs and delay the improvement of the competitive field. Hence, the results of the regression test show that there is a negative and statistically significant impact in Oman, Kuwait and the UAE between obstacles to doing business on the GCI at the significance levels of 1% and 5%. The Pearson correlation matrix is strong between obstacles to SDGs, as the same elements of the GCI also exist in these countries, at 55.2%, 75% and 55.5%, respectively.Research limitations/implicationsThere are some limitations related to the study period being from 2008 to 2017. Before 2008, the GCI consisted of nine pillars rather than 12, and there were 14 problems rather than 15 related to doing investment business. Hence, this does not match with the period of this study. Furthermore, the reports after 2017 did not mention the problems of doing business, only analysing the GCI.Practical implicationsThe results of the study highlight the strategic and practical aspects of GCC countries diagnosing the SDGs to know how to reduce obstacles to sustainable development, which can enhance investments by improving the GCI.Originality/valueThe current study measured and evaluated how to mitigate the obstacles to SDGs in the GCC countries. It is the first study to explain these obstacles in the GCC countries, which are characterised by their huge wealth that contributes significantly to global economic development.

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Interpretation of Sustainable Development Using a Set of Macroeconomic and Social Indicators for a Group of Nine Emerging Economies

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

Implementing SDGs for Sustainable Tourism Development

Implementing SDGs for Sustainable Tourism Development

Application of AHP for the Weighting of Sustainable Development Indicators at the Subnational Level

Investment obstacles to sustainable development and competitiveness index

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