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Peace, Justice, and Inclusive Institutions: Overcoming Challenges to the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 16 in Africa and Beyond

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This chapter provides an analysis of the importance of SDG 16 (Peace, Justice, and Inclusive Institutions) in achieving all the SDGs, the progress on implementation of SDG 16 to date, the principal challenges that countries in Africa and beyond are encountering in the implementation of SDG 16, and then proposes a set of policy solutions to overcome those challenges. It argues that progress on SDG 16 is critical to progress on the other SDGs and, therefore, it is imperative that countries vigorously attempt to overcome those SDG 16 challenges to meet the targets indicated for all goals.

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Hope, K.R. (2023). Peace, Justice, and Inclusive Institutions: Overcoming Challenges to the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 16 in Africa and Beyond. In: Corruption, Sustainable Development and Security Challenges in Africa. Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32229-7_6

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