Features of Development in the Pacific Countries of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group

In this article we present a new proposal for the measurement of development, applied to the Pacific Countries of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP), conditional on their insularity, and with privileged relations with the European Union. Our index has been constructed attending to the cr...

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Published in:Social indicators research 2010-12, Vol.99 (3), p.469-485
Main Authors: Cuenca García, Eduardo, Rodríguez Martín, José Antonio, Navarro Pabsdorf, Margarita
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caribbean
Comparative Analysis
Cooperation
Countries
Data analysis
Development sociology
Economic Development
Education
Europe
European Union
Evaluation Methods
Foreign Countries
GNP
Gross National Product
Group development
History, theory and methodology
Human Development Index
Human Geography
Indicators
International cooperation
International Relations
Living Standards
Measurement
Measurement of distance P
Measurement Techniques
Methodology
Microeconomics
Need Gratification
Pacific countries
Pacific Region
Physical Environment
Population education
Production capacity
Public assistance programs
Public Health
Quality of Life Research
Regional Characteristics
Resource Allocation
Social Indicators
Social research
Social Sciences
Social Services
Social welfare
Socioeconomic development
Socioeconomic Influences
Sociology
Sociology of economy and development
Standard of living
Statistical Data
Studies
Synthetic indicators
Territorial disparities
Territory
Tuberculosis
Welfare
Wellbeing
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Summary:In this article we present a new proposal for the measurement of development, applied to the Pacific Countries of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP), conditional on their insularity, and with privileged relations with the European Union. Our index has been constructed attending to the criteria defined in the Goals of the Millennium Declaration. For this purpose we will use the P₂ distance method for the year 2007, the last year for which data are available. This index integrates socio-economic variables that permit a territorial ordering of the Pacific ACPs, in terms of those partial indicators.
ISSN:0303-8300
1573-0921
DOI:10.1007/s11205-010-9594-7