Overview
- Views South Asian public administration and its role in development through the lens of SDG 16
- Offers valuable insights into the transfer of knowledge and learning within the South Asian region
- Explores best practices, challenges, and opportunities which SDG 16 provides for regional and national development
Part of the book series: South Asian Public Administration (SAPA)
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About this book
This edited volume analyzes South Asian public administration and its role in development through the lens of SDG 16. Chapters explore how SDG 16 has influenced the development of effective and accountable public institutions and the initiatives taken within this region to promote an inclusive society, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels. Each case presented offers best practices, the challenges faced, and the opportunities SDG 16 provides for regional and national development, as well as valuable insights into the transfer of knowledge and learning within the South Asian region and for broader “South-South” and “South-North” exchange.
The book is intended for policymakers, businesses, civil society organizations as well as academics across research fields spanning management, social innovation, and corporate sustainability, who are pursuing research on public administration, governance and the SDG Agenda.
Keywords
- SDG 16
- inclusive governance
- equitable development
- South-South knowledge transfer
- South-North exchange
- digitalization
- open government
- citizen engagement
- gender equality
- SDG 4
- public service reform
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Fara Azmat is Associate Professor in the Department of Management at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. Her areas of research interest are: social responsibility of small businesses, corporate social responsibility in developing countries, women entrepreneurship, poverty and sustainable development. She has published her work in highly ranked peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Journal of Public Policy and marketing, Australian Journal of Management, European Management Journal, International Journal of Public administration, and Thunderbird International Business Review. She has also presented at numerous international conferences and is currently serving as a member of the Editorial board of Social Responsibility Journal, a fellow and member of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Peer Review College UK, and has won Emerald Literati Network Highly Commended Paper Excellence Awards in 2014 and 2013.
Dr. Habib Zafarullah is retired faculty of Sociology at the University of New England (Australia). His research interests include: public/social policy, globalization, international development, democratization and civil society, comparative bureaucracy and public management. He seeks to integrate theory and practice in his research and looks at issues from a pro-people perspective. He believes in an inclusive development approach for poverty-stricken countries and argues for a strong public-private nexus in development. He has published extensively on social, political, developmental and environmental issues.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Governance and Sustainable Development in South Asia
Book Subtitle: Bridging the Gap
Editors: Habib Zafarullah, Fara Azmat
Series Title: South Asian Public Administration
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-67615-4Due: 06 December 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-67618-5Due: 06 December 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-67616-1Due: 06 December 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 421
Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations