Human Rights in the Least Developed Countries of Asia: An Index for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing)

Karen G. Añaños Bedriñana, José Antonio Rodríguez Martín and Fanny T. Añaños
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Karen G. Añaños Bedriñana: Department of Constitutional Law, Institute of Peace and Conflicts Investigation (IPAZ), University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
José Antonio Rodríguez Martín: Department of Applied Economics, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Fanny T. Añaños: Department of Pedagogy, Institute of Peace and Conflicts Investigation (IPAZ), University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 9, 1-17

Abstract: This paper aims to measure disparities among the variables associated with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 defined by the United Nations (UN) in the least developed countries (LDCs) of Asia. In the terms of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, LDCs are countries with profound economic and social inequalities. The indicator was constructed using a set of variables associated with SDG3: Good Health and Wellbeing. Applying Pena’s DP 2 distance method to the most recent data available (2018) enables regional ordering of Asia’s LDCs based on the values of these variables. The index integrates socioeconomic variables that permit examination of the impact of each individual indicator to determine territorial disparities in terms of the partial indicators of SDG3. “Maternal education,” “Proportion of women who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use, and reproductive health care,” and “Gender parity index in primary education” are the most important variables in explaining spatial disparities in good health and wellbeing in the LDCs of Asia.

Keywords: health services research; human rights; least developed countries; maternal and child health; welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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