I have recently been involved in a joint project between the London International Development Centre and UCL to explore the post-2015 development target-setting area with a particular focus on the sustainable development goal-setting agenda. This project will hopefully result in a number of joint publications. In the meantime, it has given me an opportunity to reflect on global governance in the SDG domain. I have penned some initial thoughts in a paper posted on SSRN, an extract follows.
Effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may be dependent upon domestic configurations of institutions and political will, but the irreducible nature of the challenge demands a global governance component. Continue reading Global Sustainable Development Governance