SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: WHAT?, WHY?, AND HOW?

Abstract

Sustainable development is a global agenda set together a century ago that countries will follow and achieve in the first half of this century. The fact is that the progress of the sustainability level in the development of different countries is quite different. The answer to the big question "What are the conditions that will make a country successful or unsuccessful in sustainable development?" has arisen and continues today. To answer these questions with empirical data, this paper synthesizes documents in the Scopus database published from 2013 to the present and highlights how current knowledge answers these questions: 1) What is sustainable development? 2) Why is it necessary for the country to develop sustainably? 3) What is the current situation of sustainable development in the world? 4) What are the conditions and methods that will enable the country to move away from unsustainable development? 5) What are the conditions and methods for achieving sustainable development in a country? And lastly, 6) What are the conditions and methods for maintaining a sustainable level of development? The answer to each question is explained and discussed accordingly.