Sustainable economic development and the environment. If world poverty is to be reduced, businesses and governments must continue to pursue economic growth, but growth. Conceptual basis of sustainable development 1 focus of the paper 4 2. Cairns and vincent martinety november 4, 20 abstract a central issue in the study of sustainable development is the. Environmental economics and sustainable development english abstract. The core question at the heart of sustainable development is how to allocate the finite.
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