Breaking Barriers: Gender Mainstreaming for Good Governance and Sustainable Development

Relationship between the Rule of Law, Good Governance, and Sustainable Development

This paper reviews the relationship between the rule of law, good governance, and sustainable development as those terms are used by the relevant development organizations; describes the efforts made by various organizations to promote the rule of law and good governance; and addresses the need to strengthen compliance and enforcement for sustainable development. A recent movement, which has re...

Good Governance in Sustainable Development: the Impact of Institutions

The possibilities for good governance depends on institutional structures and the economic resources available for ensuring governance. In some cases centralised governance structures are inefficient. In other cases, decentralised structures turn out to be inadequate. In India decentralisation of power to village level has not improved the efficiency of rural development. Decentralisation of po...

Gender equality, good governance, and peace

Economics and Governance for Sustainable Development

Introduction In this chapter we assess the role of economics in governance for sustainable development. Firstly, we ask how has the ‘mainstream’ environmental and resource economics paradigm helped us understand the nature of sustainable development? We explain the context in which environmental and resource economics developed and the main propositions made during its formative years. These he...

Internet Governance and Sustainable Development

The International Institute for Sustainable Development contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and assessment, and natural resources management. Through the Internet, we report on international negotiations and share knowledge gained through collaborative projects with global ...