Una perspectiva global de la sostenibilidad social y la pobreza

Resumen

La sostenibilidad social es un concepto mal entendido y vagamente definido, a pesar de la creciente apreciación de su relevancia. Este artículo avanza en la comprensión empírica de la sostenibilidad social mediante la construcción de una base de datos global de 71 indicadores a través de 193 países y 37 territorios entre 2016 y 2020. Los indicadores se agrupan en cuatro dimensiones —inclusión social, resiliencia, cohesión social y legitimidad de los procesos— para las que construimos índices de medición. Un sencillo análisis empírico —basado en correlaciones y diagramas de dispersión— que utiliza nuestra base de datos confirma que la sostenibilidad social está negativa y fuertemente asociada a la pobreza (mientras que positivamente asociada con el ingreso per cápita).

Palabras clave:

sostenibilidad social, índices, empírica, global, medición

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