Tag: O18

DOES QUALITY OF LIFE MATTER FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN INDONESIA?

Ery JAYANTI

Ph.D. Scholar in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Senior Lecturer, Universitas Jabal Ghafur, Sigli, Aceh, Indonesia

ery_jayanti@yahoo.com

Said MUHAMMAD

Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia

said@unsyiah.ac.id

B.S NAZAMUDDIN

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia

abdjamal@unsyiah.ac.id nazamuddin@unsyiah.ac.id

T. ZULHAM

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia

teukuzulham@unsyiah.ac.id

M. Shabri Abd. MAJID*

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia

mshabri@unsyiah.ac.id

*Corresponding author

Abstract

To ensure its sustainable development, although it is not legally binding, Indonesia have strongly committed to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that have been initiated by the General Assembly of the United Nations since 2015 with the main targets to end poverty, safeguard the planet, and guarantee the peaceful and prosperous lives of all citizens on the globe in 2030. Amidst the strong commitment of the Indonesian government to include the SDGs’ framework in its development agenda, this study empirically examines the extent to which the quality of life has contributed towards achieving the SDGs in Indonesia. Specifically, this study attempts to explore the effect of quality of life on the reduction of poverty and hunger and the increase of access to clean water of the Indonesian across 33 provinces in the country over the period 2010-2017. Using the panel multiple regression approach, the study documented significant positive effects of the income level, tertiary education level, and formal employment status on the reduction on the poverty and hunger index. Additionally, both the tertiary level of education and income positively contributed to the increase in clean water access. These findings shed some lights for the policy-makers to design proper policies for achieving the SDGs agenda through enhancing the citizens’ quality of life so that the target of realizing “Zero Goals” where all Indonesian living without poverty and having sufficient access to clean water could be materialized.

Keywords: Sustainable development goals, Poverty, Hunger index, Clean water access.

JEL classification: I31, I39, O18

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GREEN OPEN SPACE IN URBAN AREAS: A CASE IN THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE OF BOYOLALI, INDONESIA

Fatma Nugrahaning NASTITI

Researcher in Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

fatmanugrahaning@gmail.com

Sri Rum GIYARSIH

Lecturer in Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

srirum@ugm.ac.id

Abstract

Green open space has a necessary environmental role especially in urban areas where the demand for built-up land increases persistently. Its significance also applies to the integrated government office complex of Boyolali Regency. This research aimed to analyze the available and required green open space in the complex using a survey method, as well as aerial photo interpretation and field observation for data acquisition. The data was then analyzed to identify the available green open space by type, as classified in Act No. 26/2007 and the Regulation of the Ministry of Public Works No. 5/2008, and the required green open space using the Gerarkis method. This research also employed in-depth interviews with several key informants to sharpen the analysis. The results showed that the area of the office complex was 21.7 ha and the available green open space was 10.4 ha, which is larger than the recommended 30% of the total area. This research also found that the required green open space according to the oxygen need in the office complex was 0.006355 ha. Therefore, the available green open space has already met not only the legal requirement but also the oxygen need.

Keywords: availability, need, offices complex, urban green open space

JEL classification: O18, O20
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ESTIMATE OF AN AVERAGE SITUATION OF REGIONS IN VALUE CHAINS

Evgenii LUKIN

Candidate of Sciences (Economic), Deputy Department Head, Vologda Research Center of the RAS, Russia

lukin_ev@list.ru

Abstract

The article considers an indicator that reflects an average position of industries and regions in value chains. It shows high differentiation of territorial distribution of its values in Russian economy. It determines a strong correlation between GRP per capita and an upstreamness index in the economy of Russian regions. The paper compares obtained results with the data on US economy.

Keywords: region, upstreamness, value chains, GRP

JEL classification: O18
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