Sustainable Development Goals in Southeast Asia and ASEAN

Prof. Ronald Holzhacker, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1997), University of Groningen, the Netherlands, is Professor of Comparative Multilevel Governance and Regional Structure in the Faculty of Spatial Science, Department of Spatial Planning and Environment, and the Faculty of Arts, Department of International Relations and International Organization. He holds a PhD from the University of Michigan in political science, and a JD from the University of Minnesota Law School. He is broadly interested in questions of governance, human rights, and the interaction between civil society organizations and institutions in political systems. He is founding Director of the Groningen Research Centre for Southeast Asia and ASEAN (SEA ASEAN) located in Groningen and Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.He leads an inter-disciplinary team of scholars and a group of PhD researchers engaged in theoretically driven comparative research focused on governance, societal impact, and sustainable society in Southeast Asia. He has published in such journals as Law & Policy, Comparative European Politics, Journal of European Integration, European Union Politics, Nations and Nationalism, Party Politics, Journal of Legislative Studies, The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration and The Journal of South East Asian Human Rights. He is co-editor of numerous books, most recently Decentralization and Governance in Indonesia (New York: Springer, 2016).Dafri Agussalim, Ph.D. (Gadjah Mada University, 2015), is Senior Lecturer at the Department of International Relations and Executive Director of the ASEAN Study Center, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Indonesian Military Academy and some private universities in Indonesia, as well as researcher at the Security and Peace Study Center, UGM; Human Rights Study Center, Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII); and International Institute for International Studies, UGM. He obtained his Master of Arts in International Relations from the Australian National University and PhD from Universitas Gadjah Mada in 2015. His fields of interest are Indonesian foreign policy, ASEAN, human rights and international security. He has published books, articles, book chapters, conference papers, commentaries and reports on issues relevant to politics and security, as well as human rights.

"This book is useful in providing a complete and up-to-date overview of the 17 SDGs in the context of Southeast Asia and ASEAN. […] I have no hesitation in recommending this book to postgraduate students, researchers, and policymakers, as well as to the general reader seeking a detailed and proper perspective on the issue." – Syed Abdul Rehman Khan, Xuzhou University of Technology

• List of Figures and TablesAbout the EditorsAbout the AuthorsPart 1: Institutions and Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals1 Introduction: Sustainable Development Goals in Southeast Asia and ASEANRonald Holzhacker2 Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals: Assessing Indonesia’s Compliance towards the Global GoalsDafri Agussalim, Ahmad Rizky M. Umar, Karina Larasati and Dio H. Tobing3 Partnerships for Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Lao PDRPhanthanousone KhennavongPart 2: Accountability to Citizens and Human Rights to Ensure Progress toward the SDGs4 Accountability Challenges to Sustainable Development Goals in Southeast AsiaJulio C. Teehankee5 Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals: the Philippines in the PostnationalUlrich Karl RotthoffPart 3: SDGs and Progress on the Social Agenda in Middle-Income and Developing Countries in Southeast Asia6 Sustainable Development Goals and Capacity Building in Higher Education in Malaysia and ASEANAzirah Hashim and Aliyyah Nuha Faiqah Azman Firdaus7 Healthcare System Reform and Governance for Sustainable Development under Indonesia’s Health Insurance (JKN) PolicyLaksono TrisnantoroPart 4: SDGs and the New Urban Agenda, Cities, and Transport8 Urban Transformation in Indonesia, the SDGs, and Habitat III: Political Will, Capacity Building, and Knowledge ProductionBakti Setiawan9 A Vision in Which Every Family Has Basic ShelterNoor Hasharina Hassan and Gabriel Y. V. Yong10 The Missing Link: Sustainable Mobility for Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesWendy TanPart 5: SDGs and the Environment, Clean Air and Water for All11 Transboundary Haze, ASEAN, and the SDGs: Normative and Structural ConsiderationsHelena Varkkey12 Emerging Spaces of Citizenship: Grassroots Communities and Water Governance in IndonesiaMaharani HapsariPart 6: SDGs and the Economic Agenda for Inclusive Economic Growth and Decent Work for All13 Economic Reform and Sustainable Development in VietnamTran Dinh Lam14 Legal Protection of Construction Workers and the Right to Safe Working Conditions: Lessons from CambodiaKimsan Soy15 The Bumblebee Doctrine: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises as a Force for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in MyanmarThuta AungPart 7: SDGs, Agriculture, and Community Development through Partnerships16 Bluewashing, Green Coffee, and the Sustainable Development Agenda in Southeast AsiaAmador IV Peleo and Titus C. Chen17 Cooperation of Cooperatives: Partnership towards SDGsSaikaew ThipakornIndexIndex