List of Figures x List of Tables xi Contributors xiv Foreword xxi Preface xxv Abbreviations xxvii Introduction 1 Ramesh Chandra Das Part I Policy Implications to Education, Health, and Overall Development 11 1 An Empirical Analysis of Fiscal Policy, Governance, and Educational Outcomes in Low- and Middle-income Countries 13 Haimanti Banerjee and Sucharita Ghosh 2 Nexus between Governance, Corruption, and Human Development: Evidence from Low-income Countries 32 Abhijit Bhattacharya and Mousumi Ghatak 3 The Role of Government Expenditure, Economic Growth, and Investment in Explaining Human Development Index: A Panel Data Analysis 48 Biswajit Nayak and Sudipta Jha 4 Nexus between Economic Development and Quality of Governance: A Cross-country Study with Reference to Post-globalization Time 61 Debashis Mazumdar and Mainak Bhattacharjee 5 Examining the Idea of Good Governance and Human Rights in South Asian Context 74 Eyasin Khan 6 Corruption and Development in Bangladesh: An Analysis 90 Tulshi Kumar Das, Krittebas Paul, and Priyanka Bhattacharjee 7 Role of Digitalization in the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy: Evidence from Developing Economies 109 Madhabendra Sinha, Samrat Roy, and Bablu Kumar Dhar 8 Fiscal Priorities in SAARC and ASEAN Countries: Exploring the Trade-offs between Defense and Development 125 Soumyajit Bhunia 9 Monetary Policy Tools and Their Effectiveness in Renewable Energy Project Development 141 Serhat Yüksel, Hasan Dincer and AyÅYe Nur Çırak 10 The Relations between Monetary Policy and Economic Growth: A Study on the Political Economy of Japan 153 Debasish Nandy 11 Does Public Spending upon Science and Technology and State Income Affect Environmental Quality?: A State-Level Analysis in India 170 Imran Hussain, Sunanda Das, and Ramesh Chandra Das Part II Policy Implications to Socio-economic Sustainability 187 12 The Nexus between Social Expenditures and Human Development in OECD Countries: Fiscal Strategies for Sustainable Social Policies 189 Gamze Yıldız Åeren and Aycan Can 13 Do Public Sector Corruption and Other Macroeconomic Indicators Increase Regional Imbalances in Economic Growth in Asian Countries? An Inquiry 202 Saddam Hossain Mondal and Puja Biswas 14 Gender-Responsive Budgeting and Social Sector Development: Insights from Türkiye's Budget Justifications 216 Åeyda Güdek-Gölçek and Ali Gökhan Gölçek 15 Factors Influencing Good Governance and Intention to Adopt Digital Governance Services: An Empirical Study on the e-Government Participation among Users in West Bengal, India 235 Arindam Metia 16 Good Governance and Industry 5.0 as Keys for the Social Sustainability 253 Begum Sertyesilisik 17 Good Governance and Social Sector Developments in India (2014-2024): Challenges and Future Directions 265 Raj Kumar Kothari and Budh Bahadur Lama 18 Terrorism, Regulatory Quality, and Economic Complexity in Selected African Countries 282 Richardson Kojo Edeme and Ekene Thank God Emeka 19 Good Governance and Digital Financial Inclusion: Evidences from West Bengal, India 298 Nilendu Chatterjee and Tonmoy Chatterjee 20 Nexus between Gender Inclusion and Climate Finance: Bridging Gaps for Sustainable Development 312 Megha Jain and Aishwarya Nagpal 21 Governance of Organizational Sustainability Management 336 José G. Vargas-Hernández, Absalón J. Salmerón-Zapata, and M. C. Omar C. Vargas-González Index 357.