I would review some low performing countries from link # 1 and relate whether they meet good governance criteria from link # 2

1. https://dashboards.sdgindex.org/rankings

2. https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/92544/1/MPRA_paper_92544.pdf#:~:text=The%20SDG%20Agenda%20clearly%20has%20a%20great%20commitment,good%20governance%20includes%20relations%20between%20state%20and%20people.

Please Check:

OECD (2020), A Territorial Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals: Synthesis report, OECD Urban Policy Reviews, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/e86fa715-en.

Glass and Newig's (2019) article, hyperlinked below, addresses the issue this query refers to.

Article Governance for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: ...

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Article Governance for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: ...

Article Governance, Globalization, and Sustainable Development: A Co...

I think that is a multidisciplinary and complex problem, so you could address the problem from diferent perspectives; i.e. political influence of different actors and policy mix:

Smink, M.M., Hekkert, M.P. and Negro, S.O., 2015, Keeping sustainable innovation on a leash? Exploring incumbents’ institutional strategies, Business Strategy and the Enviroment, 24 (2), 86-101

Konrad, K, Truffer, B and Voss, J., 2008, "Multi-regime dynamics in the analysis of sectoral trasnformation potentials : Evidence from German utility sectors, Journal of Cleaner Production, 16 (11), 1190- 1202

Some articles on the SDGs and governance:

1. After Five Years https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disaster-choice/202009/the-sustainable-development-goals-after-five-years

2. SDG18 https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disaster-choice/202007/sustainable-development-goal-18

3. Connecting with disasters and climate change https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-02-2017-0043

4. Connecting with health http://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v4i4.729

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Article Multi-Level Climate Governance in Bangladesh via Climate Cha...

Dear colleague,

You might be interedted in the following article published by Brazilian colleagues:

La dimension territoriale du développement durable

A dimensão territorial do desenvolvimento sustentável

The territorial dimension of sustainable development

in CONFINS (2018-38) by Shana Sabbado Flores and Rosa Maria Vieira Medeiros

https://doi.org/10.4000/confins.15992

Maybe, this publication would be helpful for you Article Twenty-five years of independent Ukraine: Is there a way to ...

This is an unexpected relation. Perhaps it is more correct to classify countries according to the feature of such relation? At the same time, will appear the geographical distribution features of the relation nature.