Implementation of sustainable development in the Global South: strategies, innovations and challenges

Shawkat Alam (Editor), Sumaiya Khair (Editor), Muhammad Ekramul Haque (Editor)

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Abstract

The advent of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or the Agenda 2030 has contributed to the deepening of the concept of sustainable development within global and national policy schemes. The fact that sustainable development is crucial for our very survival is no longer a contested issue; rather, the key concern now is how this can be achieved equitably by reconciling competing priorities and concerns of the Global South and the Global North. This book hinges on three broad but inter-linked elements - sustainable development as a concept, sustainable development in the Global South and challenges of implementation. While the Global South are eager to adopt and integrate the Agenda 2030 in their respective policy frameworks, local contexts are often at odds with the global model of sustainable development. This book examines national capacities and institutional arrangements in countries in the Global South in terms of challenges of integrating sustainable development in national policy frameworks; the role and interactions and inter-dependence of different branches of international law in, inter alia, protecting human rights, promoting access to justice, ensuring environmental justice, guaranteeing social protection, and safeguarding rule of law for sustainable societies; challenges of implementation; liabilities, breaches, trade-offs, and remedies; the emerging patterns and processes of development projects that have either succeeded or failed; critical reflections on what have been achieved, whose interests they served; and, costs and benefits of particular interventions.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherHart Publishing
Publication statusIn preparation - 2024

Keywords

  • sustainable development
  • international law
  • human rights
  • human security
  • good governance
  • environment
  • climate change
  • intra-generational equity
  • constitutionalism
  • bilateral and multi-lateral diplomacy
  • labour standards
  • global trade and finance
  • sustainable investment
  • technology and innovation
  • public-private partnership
  • monitoring development
  • cooperation for development
  • implementation challenges
  • global south
  • development finance
  • sustainable development law and policy

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