Pathway for attaining SDG3: The role of ICT infrastructure, natural resources, and environmental sustainability

This study is a baseline attempt to explore socioeconomic and environmental determinants of SDG3 attainment in a sample of 11 post-Soviet economies from 2000 to 2021. The estimated result of the panel quantile via moments reveals that an increase in domestic private health spending, domestic government health expenditure, improvement of ICT infrastructure, financial development, the rule of law, and control of corruption are vital policy instruments to enhance SDG3 attainment in all quantiles. Whereas environmental degradation and natural resources reduce SDG3 attainment. The finding urges for improving selected socio-economic and environmental indicators along with reducing dependence on natural resources.