Understanding the Factors Influencing SDG Achievement Across Nations: A Comprehensive Study

Sustainable Development, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 2, 2025

ABSTRACT The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework for addressing global challenges and building more equitable sustainable future all. Governments must coordinate to achieve the SDGs, capacity resource constraints, as well political, institutional, socio‐economic barriers. In this context, study examines determinants affecting achievement of SDGs in 83 countries from 2016 2021, using data UN's Solutions Network. Through panel analysis Generalized Method Moments (GMM) estimation, identifies significant factors influencing SDG achievement. results show that higher income levels, education, previous compliance with positively impact performance. addition, increased percentages women parliament are associated better outcomes. Conversely, unemployment rates lower deficits scores. These findings underscore importance these driving progress toward sustainability goals.

Язык: Английский

Provincial Sustainable Development in China from a Multidimensional Perspective: Regional Differences, Dynamic Evolution, Spatial Effects, and Convergence

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 17(1), С. 215 - 215

Опубликована: Дек. 31, 2024

Sustainable development (SD) is vital for the progress of Chinese provinces, especially in face emerging challenges. This study constructs an index system SD based on five dimensions: economic, social, ecological, political, and cultural aspects, aligning with scientific connotations contemporary requirements. We employ improved entropy-weight-TOPSIS method to assess 30 provinces from 2012 2022. Our analysis explores dynamic evolution, regional disparities, coupling coordination, long-term trends, convergence provincial SD. The findings include: (1) Provincial China has shown consistent growth, but significant disparities remain, forming a gradient distribution high low order “East-Central-Northeast-West.” (2) While both intra-regional inter-regional differences have decreased over time, continue be significant, serving as primary source differences. (3) Coupling coordination across dimensions improved; however, imbalance persists, uncoordinated remaining prominent issue. (4) A clear “club convergence” phenomenon observed, indicating that neighboring influences one another. Higher adjacent regions increases likelihood upward shifts, while lower tends lead downward shifts. (5) Evidence σ-convergence β-convergence suggests ultimately converging toward stable state. These provide valuable insights policymakers aiming enhance sustainable China’s provinces.

Язык: Английский