How achieving the Millennium Development Goals increases subjectivewell-being in developing nations

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Fukuda, Shizuki ^a,b   Murakami, Michio ^b,c   Noda, Keigo ^b   Oki, Taikan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human development; Life satisfaction; Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84960344491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8020189     Document Type: Article

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