Developing a sustainable development goals index for OECD countries: An effectiveness-based hierarchical data envelopment analysis

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2024-08-21 DOI:10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103836

Yongli Guo , Ming-Miin Yu , Kok Fong See

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) consist of a set of multidimensional indicators comprising 17 goals and 169 targets from various perspectives. The use of a composite index is crucial for assessing the overall performance of each country in relation to the SDGs, given the extensive range of indicator measures involved. However, different weight schemes may lead to different results. Therefore, incorporating an objective weight is required to ensure the comparability and accuracy of the index. The main objective of this paper is to construct an SDG index for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries using an effectiveness-based hierarchical data envelopment analysis (H-DEA) model and apply it to assess SDG effectiveness in OECD countries. The results of this study provide countries with more valuable insights based on the weights of the goals (indicators) that are endogenous to the dataset, assisting them in identifying priorities and strategies to improve future SDG performance.

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为经合组织国家制定可持续发展目标指数：基于成效的分层数据包络分析

可持续发展目标（SDGs）由一套多维指标组成，从不同角度包括 17 个目标和 169 个具体目标。由于涉及的指标措施范围广泛，使用综合指数对于评估每个国家在可持续发展目标方面的总体表现至关重要。然而，不同的权重方案可能导致不同的结果。因此，为了确保指数的可比性和准确性，需要纳入一个客观的权重。本文的主要目的是利用基于成效的分层数据包络分析（H-DEA）模型，构建经济合作与发展组织（OECD）国家的可持续发展目标指数，并将其应用于评估 OECD 国家的可持续发展目标成效。这项研究的结果为各国提供了基于数据集内生目标（指标）权重的更有价值的见解，有助于各国确定优先事项和战略，以提高未来可持续发展目标的绩效。

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Environmental Science & Policy 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

10.90

自引率

8.30%

发文量

332

审稿时长

68 days

期刊介绍： Environmental Science & Policy promotes communication among government, business and industry, academia, and non-governmental organisations who are instrumental in the solution of environmental problems. It also seeks to advance interdisciplinary research of policy relevance on environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity, environmental pollution and wastes, renewable and non-renewable natural resources, sustainability, and the interactions among these issues. The journal emphasises the linkages between these environmental issues and social and economic issues such as production, transport, consumption, growth, demographic changes, well-being, and health. However, the subject coverage will not be restricted to these issues and the introduction of new dimensions will be encouraged.