Abstract
In this article we present a new proposal for measuring progress towards Millennium Development Goal 6 to combat HIV, AIDS
and malaria in the context of sub-Saharan Africa; one of the areas of the planet most affected by the AIDS epidemic and malaria.
With this aim, we develop a global indicator of fulfilment of this goal. Our index was constructed using the variables defined
in the UN Millennium Declaration. To construct the index, we used the P2 distance method and applied it to the year 2007; the last year for which data are available. This index incorporates variables
that permit the countries of sub-Saharan Africa to be ordered at territorial scale in terms of the value of the partial indicators.
Our indicator constitutes a novel contribution insofar as it was constructed using a large number of variables.
and malaria in the context of sub-Saharan Africa; one of the areas of the planet most affected by the AIDS epidemic and malaria.
With this aim, we develop a global indicator of fulfilment of this goal. Our index was constructed using the variables defined
in the UN Millennium Declaration. To construct the index, we used the P2 distance method and applied it to the year 2007; the last year for which data are available. This index incorporates variables
that permit the countries of sub-Saharan Africa to be ordered at territorial scale in terms of the value of the partial indicators.
Our indicator constitutes a novel contribution insofar as it was constructed using a large number of variables.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-15
- DOI 10.1007/s12187-011-9125-3
- Authors
- José Antonio Rodríguez Martín, Department of Economía Aplicada, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- José Antonio Salinas Fernández, Department of Economía Internacional y de España, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Arturo Jesús Ubiña Pérez, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Journal Child Indicators Research
- Online ISSN 1874-8988
- Print ISSN 1874-897X