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Composite Indices and Their Potential Contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Entrepreneurship and Well-being

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Seeking to improve the well-being of individuals and the planet, the United Nations has created 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Given that they collect data that is aligned with the SDG objectives, many existing composite indexes are strong candidates to monitor progress towards SDG achievement. This chapter examines the roles and potential contributions of select composite indexes in the SDG effort.

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    Source: http://www.weforum.org/reports/.

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    Source: How Does the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index Work?

    Global Indicator: Employee Wellbeing - Gallup

    Country Well-Being Varies Greatly Worldwide (gallup.com)

    https://www.globalwellbeinginitiative.org/.

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    Source: 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index - Explore the… - Transparency.org.

  4. 4.

    Source: WVS Database (worldvaluessurvey.org)

    https://europeanvaluesstudy.eu/.

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    Source: Human Development Index | Human Development Reports (undp.org).

  6. 6.

    Source: https://www.weforum.org/reports/global-gender-gap-report-2022/digest.

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    Source: https://www.globalinnovationindex.org/Home.

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    Kevin Walker

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  1. J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, Osijek, Croatia

    Slavica Singer

  2. University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia

    Nataša Šarlija

  3. University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

    Miroslav Rebernik

  4. University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

    Barbara Bradač Hojnik

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Walker, K. (2023). Composite Indices and Their Potential Contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In: Singer, S., Šarlija, N., Rebernik, M., Hojnik, B.B. (eds) Entrepreneurship and Well-being. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19181-7_3

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