Adopted in 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were intended to motivate governments and the international community to address the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. However, most countries are not on pace...

This Article deconstructs the substantive, procedural, and structural components of biodiversity governance in the United States. Though proposals for untangling wicked problems largely focus on procedural governance, managing complex problems like biodiversity loss also requires consideration...

First, the article explores the interaction between Law & Development movements and the emerging field of Development Law. After reviewing the key elements of the rule of law, I move to discuss its relation with different aspects of development in the Arab world: economic, social, and political...

Sustainable development seeks to limit environmental damage which includes wildlife while promoting economic growth through economic activities. The author seeks to question; whether sustainable development has succeeded as a panacea to the prevalent disputes that are based on the divergent...

Purpose Happiness levels differ among the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries and follow a downtrend, making such heterogeneity a popular topic to investigate. The paper aims to study the contribution of governance quality on the heterogeneity in happiness levels across MENA countries...

This paper examines the impact of financial reporting practices on corruption obstacles for about 150,000 firms across 143 mostly developing countries from 2006–2019. We document a strong positive relationship between the production of audited financial statements (AFS) and corruption...