Abstract

RODRIGUEZ COTILLA, Montserrat. CHARTING NEW COMMON ROUTES: A STATE OF THE ART OF PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Innovar [online]. 2023, vol.33, n.88, pp.37-50.  Epub June 01, 2024. ISSN 0121-5051.  https://doi.org/10.15446/innovar.v33n88.106255.

Certain challenges for sustainable development cannot be addressed individually but require the collaboration of various actors from the public and private sectors. In recent years, there has been an upsurge of multi-sector alliances towards sustainability, although there is not an established definition of the concept nor information about the actors that make part of collaborations. This work is a literature review on the notion of alliances for sustainable development and was conducted in order to identify concepts, actors involved, the roles of these actors and their characteristics, and the main contributions of such alliances. The data was collected through the Scopus search engine, obtaining 464 results from 1,179 different authors after using the terms “sustainable development” AND “partnerships.” A second search in gray literature works with the same concepts was performed for the 2010-2020 period. An analysis of the six most relevant terms around the concept and the actors and roles within collaborations is presented. Finally, the need for future lines of research on governance models and the management and effectiveness of alliances to achieve sustainable development is addressed.

Keywords : Development; alliances; collaboration; systemic change; actors; stakeholders; cooperation; concept.

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