Nexus of regional integration, socioeconomic determinants and sustainable development in belt and road initiative countries.

ABSTRACT: This study evaluates the nexus of regional integration, socioeconomic determinants and sustainable development (SD) by investigating the effect of health, humans and age structure on sustainable development, with the regional integration (RI) as the moderating variable. Socioeconomic determinants have an important role in sustainable development, while regional integration has fueled up the development process. The sample is based on 64 Belt and Road (BRI) countries from 2003-2018. Pair-wise correlation results indicate that human development, health expenditure and age structure showed a positive relationship with sustainable development. Two-step System-GMM direct effect outcomes are mixed and reveal that human development, health expenditure per capita, age structure, governance index a

SUBMITTER: Ullah A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8270197 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature