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Sustainable development (SD) and good governance are two concepts that are gaining a remarkable attention all over the world. This chapter explores the integration between the two concepts as it is determined that achieving sustainable development requires good governance and achieving good governance requires sustainable development. The result reflects a strong relationship between the two concepts as SD and good governance are two sides of the same coin.
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El Bedawy, R. (2023). Good Governance Upholding Sustainable Development. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38948-2_199-1
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