Human Development in ASEAN Countries: A Comparative Semilogarithmic Analysis Between Countries

Abstract

This study compares the effectiveness of human development policies across ASEAN countries by analyzing each nation's unique context and characteristics.The goal is to identify the most suitable policies for improving human development and achieving the SDGs, particularly in narrowing disparities in human development in ASEAN countries.Therefore, the primary approach is to compare the estimation results of human development determinants for each ASEAN country using semilogarithmic equations.The data for this study were sourced from the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme.This study finds that the effectiveness of policies varies significantly across countries.While economic growth has generally been associated with improved human development in most ASEAN countries, population growth has a negative impact in countries with large populations.Government spending has only been effective in Vietnam, and external factors such as trade openness and foreign direct investment have not yielded optimal results across all ASEAN sample countries.

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