The Private Sector and the SDGs: The Need to Move Beyond ‘Business as Usual’

Sustainable Development

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 371-382

  Scheyvens, Regina ^a   Banks, Glenn ^a   Hughes, Emma ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

development policy; extractives; private sector; sustainable development; sustainable development goals (SDGs); tourism

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84963782463     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.1623     Document Type: Article

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