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Business, Government and the SDGs

The Role of Public-Private Engagement in Building a Sustainable Future

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Authors:
  1. Mahmoud Mohieldin

    1. Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

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  2. Sameh Wahba

    1. World Bank, Washington, USA

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  3. Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez

    1. Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

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  4. Miral Shehata

    1. Independent Economic Researcher, Giza, Egypt

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  • Focuses on SDG and discusses the interlinkages between government, business sector and community
  • Offers ideas for emerging markets and developing economies, combining rigorous research with evidence-based policy
  • Proposes a multidimensional, systemic approach over a sector-by-sector sequential approach to the climate crisis

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. SDGs and the 2030 Agenda: On Crisis and Opportunity

    • Mahmoud Mohieldin, Sameh Wahba, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Miral Shehata
    Pages 1-17

  3. The Leading Role of National Governments in “Building Forward Better”

    • Mahmoud Mohieldin, Sameh Wahba, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Miral Shehata
    Pages 19-63

  4. How Businesses Can Accelerate and Scale-Up SDG Implementation by Incorporating ESG into Their Strategies

    • Mahmoud Mohieldin, Sameh Wahba, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Miral Shehata
    Pages 65-104

  5. The Role of Local and Regional Governments in the SDGs: The Localization Agenda

    • Mahmoud Mohieldin, Sameh Wahba, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Miral Shehata
    Pages 105-137

  6. Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste

    • Mahmoud Mohieldin, Sameh Wahba, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Miral Shehata
    Pages 139-152

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 153-162
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About this book

This book seeks to revise and challenge the roles and traditional realms of influence that national and local governments, and businesses at a critical juncture in terms of achieving sustainable development, faces when tackling the dual challenges of climate change and post-COVID recovery. Using the broader lens of the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to assess the roles and responsibilities of each of these stakeholders and their relationships, the book offers policy, economic arguments, case studies and examples to argue that neither national or local governments, nor companies, could afford to deviate from the SDGs in the recovery from the current crisis, nor that the imperative of bold climate action should detract from the broader focus on sustainability. The analysis frames the debate of how a balance between people, planet, and profits can be achieved and how nations, regions and cities, and businesses, with their representative organizations, can achieve a sustainable recovery from the current global crisis, and contribute to climate smart, resilient and inclusive development. 


Authors and Affiliations

  • Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Mahmoud Mohieldin

  • World Bank, Washington, USA

    Sameh Wahba

  • Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

    Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez

  • Independent Economic Researcher, Giza, Egypt

    Miral Shehata

About the authors

Mahmoud Mohieldin is a Professor of Economics, Cairo University. He serves as the UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and UN 7th High-Level Champion for Climate Action. He was Senior Vice President of the World Bank Group. From 2004 to 2010 he served as Minister of Investment in Egypt.

Sameh Wahba is Regional Director for Sustainable Development, Europe and Central Asia region, The World Bank, and former Global Director for Urban, Resilience and Land Global Practice.

Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez is Full Professor of Management at Universidad EAFIT, Colombia. She is a member of the global council of Sustainable Development Goal number 1 (SDG 1: End Poverty).

Miral Shehata is an independent researcher. She works as an Economic Researcher and Social Development Specialist at the Ministry of Finance, Egypt. Ms Shehata was previously a research assistant at the University of Chicago.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Business, Government and the SDGs

  • Book Subtitle: The Role of Public-Private Engagement in Building a Sustainable Future

  • Authors: Mahmoud Mohieldin, Sameh Wahba, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Miral Shehata

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11196-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11195-2Published: 02 November 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-11196-9Published: 01 November 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 162

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Corporate Environmental Management, Governance and Government, Sustainable Development

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