The Chinese economy is attempting to undergo a critical transition, shifting from a growth model driven by the intensive exploitation of traditional production factors to one centered on high-quality economic development. This new stage prioritizes regional coordination, environmental...

Innovation is a cornerstone of economic growth, global competitiveness, and sustainable development. This study analyzes the determinants of global innovation performance (GIP) across lower-middle, upper-middle, and high-income countries using a dynamic panel-data approach with the two-step...

This paper analyses the relationship between financial inclusion and the economic and social development in Mexico. For this quantitative research, a study sample composed by 448 observations during the 2007-2020 was analyzed using fixed effect estimations with instrumental variables 2SLS....

This Policy Brief introduces the Gini Trade Index (GTI) as a new trade synthetic key performance indicator capable of capturing the different distribution of trade values across firm characteristics and across countries. The new indicator replicates the well-known features of the traditional...

The objective of this study is to analyse the correlation between different types of taxation, price, usage, Human-Development-Index (HDI), affordability, and Gross-Domestic-Product(GDP) per capita. In particular, this work hypothesizes that there is a positive relationship between tobacco taxes...

This brochure is a 'light' version of Eurostat's publication 'Sustainable development in the European Union - 2024 monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context', conveying its main messages in a visual and concise way. The brochure builds on the EU SDG indicator set which...

The EU is fully committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the United Nations in September 2015. Eurostat monitors the EU's progress towards the SDGs along a set of 102 indicators. The EU indicator set has been carefully...

This brochure is a 'light' version of Eurostat's publication 'Sustainable development in the European Union - 2024 monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context', conveying its main messages in a visual and concise way. The brochure builds on the EU SDG indicator set which...

The EU is fully committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the United Nations in September 2015. Eurostat monitors the EU's progress towards the SDGs along a set of 102 indicators. The EU indicator set has been carefully...

The paper aims to analyze human development through its interactions with environ- mental protection, governance, and official development assistance (ODA) in develop- ing countries. This is done to allow the decision-makers of the latter to have an optimal approach to sustainable development...

Methane (CH4), an often-overlooked greenhouse gas (GHG), has a significant impact on the environment. Although it receives less attention than carbon dioxide (CO2), it is the second most important GHG in terms of its ability to trap heat in the atmosphere. Few studies have analyzed the...

This Policy Brief introduces the Gini Trade Index (GTI) as a new trade synthetic key performance indicator capable of capturing the different distribution of trade values across firm characteristics and across countries. The new indicator replicates the well-known features of the traditional...

Afghanistan has been plagued by decades of conflict, but the last two decades' movements toward peace offer the opportunity for a new era of human development. The government was committed to achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. Due to repeated wars and conflicts, the...

This paper explores the asymmetric and symmetric influence of the human development index (HDI), economic growth, CO2 emissions and inflation on crude oil production (COP) in Cameroon from 1977 to 2019. The Zivot-Andrews and Augmented Dickey-Fuller tests verified stationarity, the ARDL and NARDL...

The objective of this study is to explore the gender dynamics of globalization and human development at the individual level by covering geo-socioeconomic factors in Odisha, India. The study uses primary data collected through a structured survey schedule from 579 individuals in Odisha. By using...

With nearly 420 million children reached worldwide, school meals are among the largest-scale social protection interventions. This paper traces the evolution of school meals programs globally, examines the empirical evidence underpinning them, reviews select implementation practices with an...

Cette revue des dépenses publiques (RDP) fournit une base d’analyse aux décideurs et aux parties prenantespour la formulation d'interventions ambitieuses mais financièrement responsables pour améliorer les résultatsdu capital humain en RCA. La RDP examine les tendances des dépenses...

The adverse impact of Russia's invasion on persons with disabilities is the main focus of this human development update. It looks at how the Government of Ukraine is strengthening the protection of vulnerable groups to ensure inclusive service delivery

This study explores the relationship between oil prices and the Human Development Index (HDI) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. It investigates whether oil prices remain the primary driver of economic growth and development in the region. The analysis employs a Cross-Sectional...

Given the rapid development of China's new urbanization, cities with different locations and varying functional positioning, resource endowments, and development stages have insufficient scientific and applicable technical tools for implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals...

We apply the Gross City Development Index (GCD-Index) by Ruiz Estrada and Park (2019) in the case of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The GCD-Index calculation is based on the concept of city integral sustainable development platform. The platform consists of ten main structures, which are (i) Main...

We may be entering a new geologic age called the Anthropocene in which humans are a dominant force shaping the planet’s future. That future is already taking frightening shape in many ways, from climate change to plunging biodiversity to the epidemic of plastics in our oceans.The strain on the...

This paper investigates the effect of economic freedom on inclusive human development in a panel of 41 Sub-Saharan Africa countries over the period 2010-2019. Ordinary Least Squares, Tobit and Quantile regression is used for the estimates. We find that economic freedom increases inclusive human...

The need for country vulnerability profiles is linked to the difficulty of capturing in a single index, no matter how complex, the various kinds of vulnerability which developing countries may face. The Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) being developed by the United Nations has not...

This study examines the relationship between financial development indicators and human development in Nigeria from 1990-2019. It investigates the effect of broad money supply/Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on Human development; it examines the impact of credit supply/GDP on human development and...

We apply the Gross City Development Index (GCD-Index) by Ruiz Estrada and Park (2019) in the case of Bangkok, Thailand. The GCD-Index calculation is based on the concept of city integral sustainable development platform. The platform consists of ten main structures, which are (i) Main...

We apply the Gross City Development Index (GCD-Index) by Ruiz Estrada and Park (2019) in the case of Canberra, Australia. The GCD-Index calculation is based on the concept of city integral sustainable development platform. The platform consists of ten main structures, which are (i) Main...

We apply the Gross City Development Index (GCD-Index) by Ruiz Estrada and Park (2019) in the case of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The GCD-Index calculation is based on the concept of city integral sustainable development platform. The platform consists of ten main structures, which are (i) Main...