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Quantitative Analysis of the Impact of Public Policies on the Sustainable Development Goals through Budget Allocation and Indicators
- Source :
- Sustainability, Volume 12, Issue 24, Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 10583, p 10583 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020.
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Abstract
- Measuring the advances performed in the 2030 Agenda and the contribution of public policies remains a key issue. Budgets are acknowledged as one of the most powerful tools made available to administrations to push forward this contribution, and so several initiatives have risen to align budget items and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) performance at all levels. The aim of this paper is to go beyond simple alignment and statistically analyze the interlinkages between budget and SDG achievement data. We have used the Spanish local administrations budget, together with indicators used to measure the 2030 Agenda goals at the same level, and computed a correlation test in order to find where budget allocation has an impact. We have then looked further into the relevant impacts to split them into direct and indirect. The research found ca. 25% of the budget items with relevant statistical links to the SDGs, with the SDGs 11 and 15 being the least impacted and SDGs 1, 4, 7, 8 and 16 the most connected ones. This research aims to set the bases of an evidence-based decision-support tool for a more efficient and sustainable policy design.
- Subjects :
- 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
public policy
Geography, Planning and Development
Sustainable Development Goals
Public policy
TJ807-830
SDG
010501 environmental sciences
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
TD194-195
01 natural sciences
Renewable energy sources
Order (exchange)
GE1-350
Correlation test
Set (psychology)
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Sustainable development
impact assessment
evaluation
Environmental effects of industries and plants
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Impact assessment
2030 Agenda
Environmental economics
indicators
Environmental sciences
meta-analysis
Quantitative analysis (finance)
Business
Budget allocation
budget
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20711050
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sustainability
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b2a260d8d48a191c57b2032fe04e2d01
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410583