Improving Governance for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals: Scenario Forecasting the Next 50years

World Development

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 286-302

  Joshi, Devin K ^a   Hughes, Barry B ^a   Sisk, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Democratization; Forecasting; Governance; State capacity; Sustainable Development Goals

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DEMOCRATIZATION; FORECASTING METHOD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84923857710     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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