Business, Government and the SDGs

Mahmoud Mohieldin is a Professor of Economics, Cairo University. He serves as the UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and UN 7th High-Level Champion for Climate Action. He was Senior Vice President of the World Bank Group. From 2004 to 2010 he served as Minister of Investment in Egypt.Sameh Wahba is Regional Director for Sustainable Development, Europe and Central Asia region, The World Bank, and former Global Director for Urban, Resilience and Land Global Practice.Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez is Full Professor of Management at Universidad EAFIT, Colombia. She is a member of the global council of Sustainable Development Goal number 1 (SDG 1: End Poverty).Miral Shehata is an independent researcher. She works as an Economic Researcher and Social Development Specialist at the Ministry of Finance, Egypt. Ms Shehata was previously a research assistant at the University of Chicago.

• Chapter 1: Setting the scene: Public and Private Crisis Response and Sustainable Recovery.- Chapter 2: The leading role of National Governments in building forward better.- world and how states can capitalize on mega trends.- Chapter 3: Why does the private sector have a fundamental responsibility for scaling and accelerating SDG implementation?.- Chapter 4: The Role of Local and Regional Governments in the SDGs: The Localization Agenda.- Chapter 5: Never let a good crisis go to waste.