Linking Governance and Sustainable Development: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries

通过对实地数据、政策和文献综述的分析，总体上，调查结果表明，尽管各国在促进特定的可持续发展目标方面取得了进展，但包括1、5、8、11、14-17在内的大多数可持续发展目标仍然是实现这些目标的挑战。对日本、孟加拉国和泰国进行了比较分析，根据环境可持续发展指标(ESIS)和治理来考察每个国家的表现。该研究建议，像孟加拉国这样的发展中国家需要填补政策和执行之间的差距，提高公民意识，促进绿色和清洁技术，并确保其法治和善政以及地方政府赋权，以在国家和地方一级实现可持续发展目标和环境可持续性。

Through analysis of the field data, policy and literature reviews, overall, the findings revealed that although countries have advanced in promoting particular SDGs, majority of the SDGs including 1, 5, 8, 11, 14-17 remain challenges for achieving the targets.A comparative analysis of Japan, Bangladesh and Thailand was conducted, which looked at each country’s performance based on the ESIs (environmental sustainability indicators) and governance. The study suggests that developing countries like Bangladesh needs to fulfill the gap between policy and implementation, improve citizens’ consciousness, promote green and clean technology and ensure its rule of law and good governance and local government empowerment for achieving SDGs and environmental sustainability at national and local level