A Methodological Proposal for the Construction of Municipal Sustainable Development Indices using Data Envelopment Analysis

Wesley Osvaldo Pradella Rodrigues; Daniel Massen Frainer; Daniel Amorim Souza Centuriao

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Wesley Osvaldo Pradella Rodrigues
Daniel Massen Frainer
Daniel Amorim Souza Centuriao

Keywords:

sustainability index; DEA; ecological economics

Abstract

In this study we constructed the Municipal Sustainable Development Index (MSDI) with the use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), considering seventeen (17) socioeconomic and environmental indicators, thus achieving the classification of towns in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), like sustainable development, local strengths, and weaknesses that may facilitate or hinder the regional sustainable development. The state of MS goes through a process of influential agro-industrial development, with powerful environmental impact, requiring measures of State Public Policymakers. The MSDI was formulated following the tripod structure of social sustainability (SDI -Social Development Index), economic (EDI -Economic Development Index) and environmental (EnDI -Environmental Development Index). Selected indicators of each structure represented each sustainability aspect, being tested separately by the models DEA-CCR and DEA-BCC to generate efficiency scores for subsequent aggregation into a synthetic index that represents the sustainable development of municipalities.

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A Methodological Proposal for the Construction of Municipal Sustainable Development Indices using Data Envelopment Analysis. (2020). Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 20(H5), 39-48. https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/3189

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