Peer-Reviewed Study · Independent Group of Scientists appointed by the UN Secretary-General · September 2019

The UN scientists' 2019 report calls governance an essential lever of the systemic transformations needed to reach all 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Good governance is a Sustainable Development Goal in itself – Goal 16 … At the same time, governance is recognized as the means to a broader end; it is an essential lever of the systemic transformations needed to achieve all 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

PDF p. 64, section 2.1