Clustering Analysis on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators for Forty-Five Asian Countries

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dc.citation.issue2
dc.citation.volume5
dc.contributor.authorMathrani A
dc.contributor.authorWang J
dc.contributor.authorLi D
dc.contributor.authorZhang X
dc.contributor.editorSacco, PL
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-31T01:25:02Z
dc.date.available2023-03-28
dc.date.available2023-03-31T01:25:02Z
dc.date.issued2023-03-28
dc.descriptionCopyright: © 2023 by the authors
dc.description.abstractThis paper draws upon the United Nations 2022 data report on the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the following four dimensions: economic, social, environmental and institutional. Ward’s method was applied to obtain clustering results for forty-five Asian countries to understand their level of progress and overall trends in achieving SDGs. We identified varying degrees of correlation between the four dimensions. The results show that East Asian countries performed poorly in the economic dimension, while some countries in Southeast Asia and Central and West Asia performed relatively well. Regarding social and institutional dimensions, the results indicate that East and Central Asian countries performed relatively better than others. Finally, in the environmental dimension, West and South Asian countries showed better performance than other Asian countries. The insights gathered from this study can inform policymakers of these countries about their own country’s position in achieving SDGs in relation to other Asian countries, as they work towards establishing strategies for improving their sustainable development targets.
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dc.format.extent1 - 22 (22)
dc.identifier14
dc.identifier.citationSci, 2023, 5 (2), pp. 1 - 22 (22)
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/sci5020014
dc.identifier.elements-id460641
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
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dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/sci5020014
dc.rightsCC BY
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectcluster analysis
dc.subjectsustainable development goals
dc.subjectAsian countries
dc.subjecteconomic
dc.subjectsocial
dc.subjectenvironmental
dc.subjectinstitutional
dc.titleClustering Analysis on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators for Forty-Five Asian Countries
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences/School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences
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