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Sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean. An analysis of the impact of socioeconomic and political arrangements

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Vol. 55 Núm. 206 (2023): Septiembre-Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-3769.2023.71278

Resumen

How do socioeconomic and political arrangements relate to sustainability? Based on a sample of 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, between 2011 and 2019, this study examines the hypothesis that better performance in socioeconomic and political variables is associated with higher levels of sustainability. Here, this concept is measured through the Social Progress Index (SPI) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 10, "Reduced Inequalities", and 11, "Sustainable Cities and Communities". The research design considers correlation tests, panel data regression, and an empirical description of the Chilean and Brazilian contexts. The results show that performance in the SPI and the SDG 11 is primarily associated with economic arrangements, while the SDG 10 is more closely linked to the political dynamics of the state. Furthermore, by analyzing Chile and Brazil, this study identifies that the countries also have particular effects on the indices. The conceptual impact of these results enriches socioeconomic and political interventions for sustainability and provides valuable insights for future research.

Palabras clave:

Sustainability, Social Progress Index, Sustainable Development Goals, Latin America and the Caribbean, Urbanization

Biografía del autor/a

Maria Regina De Araújo Ramos, Secretaria de Meio Ambiente, Sustentabilidade e Fernando de Noronha

Residing in Recife, Brazil, Maria Regina de Araújo graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science with a focus on International Relations from the Federal University of Pernambuco (2023). Currently, she serves as an Sustainability Assistant at the Secretariat of Environment, Sustainability, and Fernando de Noronha for the State of Pernambuco, as well as being a member of the Center for Comparative Politics and International Relations Studies (NEPI-UFPE). She has worked as a research assistant at the Center for Studies on Social and Territorial Dynamics (CEDIST) in the Directorate of Social Research (DIPES) at the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation. Additionally, she was a recipient of the Institutional Program of Scientific Initiation Scholarships (PIBIC) from the Foundation for the Support of Science and Technology of the State of Pernambuco (FACEPE). From 2019 to 2021, she was director of the Pernambuco Model United Nations (PEMUN), an extension project of the Faculty of Law at UFPE. Her expertise lies in the field of Political Science/International Relations, with a focus on sustainability, the environment, international politics, public policies, and governance.

Alexandrina Sobreira de Moura, Joaquim Nabuco Foundation

Residing in Recife, Brazil, Alexandrina Sobeira graduated in Law from the Federal University of Pernambuco (1979), obtained a master's degree in Legal Institutions (1984), a doctorate in Legal Sciences from the University of Wisconsin (1986), and completed her post-doctoral studies at Brown University (1993). In 2011, she served as a Visiting Researcher at the Center for Urban and Regional Studies of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research of Argentina (CONICET). She has been working in the following areas: comparative political theory, urban public policies, and the environment.

Currently, she holds the position of Senior Researcher at the Center for Studies on Social and Territorial Dynamics of the Social Research Department at the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation. She is also the Editor of the Journal "Ciência e Trópico" published by the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation, and a Professor in the Professional Master's Program in Public Management for the Development of the Northeast at UFPE. Additionally, she is a member of the Research Group on Environmental Displacement (Nepda) at UFPB - CNPq and the Research Group on Urban Conservation Units - CNPq. She is part of the National Council of the Caatinga Biosphere Reserve (UNESCO).

She was a member of the IPEA team for the project on Informal Urban Centers in Brazil (2000-2001) and participated in various Official Delegations of Brazil, notably representing the Ministry of Environment at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) of the United Nations in New York, discussing the Agenda 2030 (July 2018). She has also been a speaker at several UN conferences, particularly focusing on desertification and climate change.

Luiza Vilela Amelotti, Federal University of Pernambuco

Residing in Recife, Brazil, Luiza Amelotti graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science with a focus on International Relations from the Federal University of Pernambuco (2017). She then pursued a Master's degree in Political Science at the same university (2019) and is currently in progress with her doctoral studies in Political Science at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), with a sandwich period at the University of Oxford (2023). She is currently a fellow of the Graduate Scholarship Program at the Foundation for the Support of Science and Technology of the State of Pernambuco (FACEPE) and a member of the Center for Comparative Politics and International Relations Studies (NEPI/UFPE). Her research interests lie in the field of Political Science/International Relations, with a focus on comparative international politics, regional integration processes, ideology, and foreign policy.

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