Arif Eser Güzel|Ünal Arslan|Ali Acaravc?
The impact of economic, social, and political globalization and democracy on life expectancy in low-income countries: are sustainable development goals contradictory?
Mustafa Kemal University|Mustafa Kemal University|Mustafa Kemal University
17 sustainable development goals announced united nations important guides development processes developing countries however achieving goals possible goals consistent observed literature possible contradictions goals ignored therefore main purpose study investigate whether two sustainable development goals sdgs un contradictory supporting lowincome countries sdgs good health wellbeing sdg3 partnerships goals sdg17 purpose role globalization democracy life expectancy empirically investigated 16 lowincome countries period 19702017 globalization used indicator partnership countries democracy used indicator accountability cooperation governments societies according estimations continuousupdated fully modified cupfm biasadjusted ordinary least squares baols globalization subcomponents economic social political globalization affect life expectancy positively democracy also increases life expectancy countries gdp per capita also used control variable results show higher level per capita income positively associated higher levels life expectancy conclusion contradiction found sdg3 sdg17 countries achieving healthier society requires economic social political integration governments societies