Governance and sustainable development goals (SDGs): a bibliographic review of the literature

Abstract

Objective: to carry out a bibliographical review of the literature on sustainable governance and SDGs, inventorying, and mapping initiatives developed by the international literature. Theoretical approach: Adopted a bibliometric approach that allows exploring the existing nuances in a specific field while discovering the emerging areas of this theme through the Bibliometrix software. Results: Through this review, the importance of governance for the implementation of the SDGs is evident because governance operates on a broader level and involves the participation of different stakeholders acting in different segments to obtain dialogues and different power relations to manage the common issues related to the achievement of the SDGs. Originality and Relevance: Highlighting the importance of governance for implementing and consolidating the 2030 Agenda, gaps were found in the few studies relating the two themes. Given this, there is a need to map initiatives developed by the international literature on sustainable governance, SDGs, and the 2030 Agenda, to understand better the current advances and challenges involving the subject so that new perspectives for studies are signaled. Theoretical and methodological contributions: Theoretical implications are in the discussion of the conceptual and empirical strengthening of these themes and practical implications in the development of future methodologies.