Leadership and Governance for Sustainable Development: The Interplay Between Leadership, Governance, And Sustainable Development

Otutu Chidiebere Hilary. PhD; Sunday I. Ogbene. PhD

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Leadership and Governance for Sustainable Development: The Interplay Between Leadership, Governance, And Sustainable Development

Otutu Chidiebere Hilary. PhD, Sunday I. Ogbene. PhD

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Basically, the success or failure of governance in any regime in power is determined by the quality of leadership of such administration. From this premise, this paper examined critically the success or failure of governance and the challenges of leadership for sustainable development in a society. It also x-rayed the concept of good leadership, good governance, and sustainable development. We found that many societies experience persistent changes in growth rates across leadership transitions, suggesting that leaders have a large causative influence on the economic outcomes of their nations, societies and or organizations. The paper further shows that the effects of leaders are very strong in autocratic settings but much less so in the presence of democratic institutions. These findings add texture to a growing literature on institutions in shaping economic outcomes. The paper concluded that leadership failure has remained pathetic in a society and based on this some recommendations were made which include: Hence corruption and other social vices leads to poor governance and low growth hampers development. The government should therefore improve on their efforts toward tackling corruption and other social vices by straightening the anti-crime agencies it has established. A conscious effort should be made to strengthen the institutions that encourage the emergence of honest and exemplary leadership; hence the politics of the day needs major reforms.

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Leadershipgood leadershipGovernancegood governanceand sustainable development.

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