Good Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals

Good Governance ◽

Institutional Capacity ◽

Political Will ◽

In 2015, the UN proposed the Sustainable Development Goals; they were accepted by 193 countries. Sri Lanka faces many challenges in implementing the SDGs. The lack of reliable and recent data is a serious issue. Another issue is the weak institutional capacity of Sri Lanka, which has led to poor governance and policy incoherence. There is no strong political will, and interministerial conflicts are rampant. Unless these issues are properly addressed, the yahapalanaya (good governance) government of President Sirisena may not contribute well to achieve the SDGs by 2030.

Reducing corruption and bribery in Africa as a target of the sustainable development goals: applying indicators for assessing performance

Journal of Money Laundering Control ◽

10.1108/jmlc-03-2021-0018 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr.

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Good Governance ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Ethical Behaviour ◽

Content Type ◽

Development Goals ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Illegal Activities

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess African performance for substantially reducing all forms of corruption and bribery on the continent by 2030, through the indicators for achieving Target 16.5 of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the available and accessible relevant data from credible sources, this work quantifies, outlines and analyses the relationship between corruption/bribery and sustainable development as it applies primarily to sub-Saharan Africa; assesses the trends in the region through the official indicators for achieving Target 16.5 of the SDGs; and recommends other indicators for assessing ethical behaviour in African political, administrative and business leadership and institutions for achieving sustainable development and improved ethical performance towards significant reductions in all manifestations of bribery and corruption on the continent by 2030. Findings Corruption and bribery are found to affect all SDG-related sectors, undermining development outcomes and severely compromising efforts to achieve the SDGs in Africa. Consequently, prioritising corruption reduction including from money laundering, bribery and other illegal activities is a necessary requirement for achieving sustainable development, good governance, building effective and inclusive institutions as required by SDG 16, and funding the achievement of the SDGs. Originality/value The main value of the paper is the insights it provides through the very comprehensive compilation of statistical information that quantifies, and with analysis, the corruption/bribery avenues and the resultant deleterious effects on sustainable development in Africa.

Lost in Transformation? The Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals

Ethics & International Affairs ◽

10.1017/s0892679416000058 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 167-176 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Malcolm Langford

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Turning Point ◽

Good Governance ◽

Secretary General ◽

Marine Resources ◽

Development Goals ◽

Global Agenda

On September 25, 2015, the world's leaders adopted a new suite of development goals—the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—that are to guide policymakers for the next decade and a half. On first inspection, the declaration is breathtaking in its scope and ambition. Constituted by a list of 17 goals and 169 targets, it is arguably the most comprehensive global agenda adopted since the UN Charter in 1945. Its thematic repertoire ranges from poverty, health, education, and inequality, to energy, infrastructure, climate change, marine resources, peace, security, and good governance. The UN Secretary-General welcomed the SDGs by praising their “universal, transformative, and integrated agenda” that heralded a “historic turning point for our world.”

Localised strategies and principles of good governance for the Sustainable Development Goals: where do the local authorities in Turkey stand

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development ◽

10.1504/ijesd.2021.10042160 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

�°hsan �°kizer

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Good Governance ◽

Local Authorities ◽

Constitutionalism and Development: A Mismatch or a Dream-Team?

The Law and Development Review ◽

10.1515/ldr-2019-0041 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 647-668 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Andrew Harding

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Rule Of Law ◽

Good Governance ◽

Good Deal ◽

The Rule Of Law ◽

Development Goals ◽

Historical Relationship ◽

Areas Of Concern

Abstract This article examines the conceptual and historical relationship between constitutionalism and development. It argues that the communities that represent these two ideas have had little engagement, and yet there is a good deal of overlap between their areas of concern. Given that the Sustainable Development Goals 2015 have strongly embraced good governance, accountability and the rule of law, and we have become adept at defining and articulating the rule of law, the time seems ripe for development to engage with constitutionalism, and for constitutionalism to use “developmental operativity”, as I call it, to advance its objectives in practice.

Good Governance to Nexus Governance in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-95960-3_44 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 328-338

Author(s):

Kristin Meyer

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Good Governance ◽

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions ◽

Good Governance to Nexus Governance in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals

10.1007/978-3-319-71066-2_44-1 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Kristin Meyer

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Good Governance ◽

Non-communicable disease governance in the era of the sustainable development goals: a qualitative analysis of food industry framing in WHO consultations

Globalization and Health ◽

10.1186/s12992-020-00611-1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kathrin Lauber ◽

Rob Ralston ◽

Mélissa Mialon ◽

Angela Carriedo ◽

Anna B. Gilmore

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Food Industry ◽

Tobacco Industry ◽

Good Governance ◽

Communicable Disease ◽

World Health ◽

Development Goals ◽

Non Communicable Disease

Abstract Background The UN system’s shift towards multistakeholder governance, now embedded in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), invites a broad range of actors, including the private sector, to the policymaking table. Although the tobacco industry is formally excluded from engagement, this approach provides opportunities for other unhealthy commodity industries to influence the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) non-communicable disease (NCD) agenda. Focusing on the food industry, this research maps which actors engaged with WHO consultations, and critically examines actors’ policy and governance preferences as well as the framing they employ to promote these preferences in the global context. Methods All written responses from food industry actors to publicly available NCD-relevant WHO consultations held between September 2015 and September 2018 were identified, totalling forty-five responses across five consultations. A qualitative frame analysis was conducted to identify policy positions expressed by respondents, as well as arguments and frames used to do so. Results Though no individual companies responded to the consultations, the majority of participating business associations had some of the largest multinational food corporations as members. Respondents overarchingly promoted non-statutory approaches and opposed statutory regulation and conflict of interest safeguards. To this purpose, they framed the food industry as a legitimate and necessary partner in policymaking, differentiating themselves from the tobacco industry and referencing a history of successful collaboration, while also invoking multistakeholder norms and good governance principles to portray collaboration as required. Respondents contrasted this with the limits of WHO’s mandate, portraying it as out of step with the SDGs and framing NCD decision-making as a matter of national sovereignty. Conclusion We observed that the UN’s call for partnerships to support the SDGs is invoked to defend corporate access to NCD policy. This highlights the need for more cautious approaches which are mindful of the commercial determinants of health. Systematic opposition to regulation and to governance approaches which may compromise commercial actors’ insider role in global health by food industry actors shown here, and the strategic use of the Sustainable Development agenda to this purpose, raises questions about the value of collaboration from the perspective of international health agencies such as WHO.