Occasional Paper Number 16 - Sustainable Development: Concepts, Measures, Market and Policy Failures at the Open Economy, Industry and Firm Levels, October 1997

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Occasional Paper Number 16 — Sustainable Development: Concepts, Measures, Market and Policy Failures at the Open Economy, Industry and Firm Levels, October 1997

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Sustainable Development (SD) has become an important idea in developed and some developing countries. Though its definition remains elusive, it is widely perceived that: economic growth has been but does not necessarily have to be at the expense of the environment; reorientation of growth towards a more environmentally friendly path is needed so that future generations do not inherit a diminished physical environment; and diminished capacity for growth in the future is possible if current growth types are not reassessed.

Date: 1997
Format: Book, PDF
Registration Number: 51842B
Catalogue Number: C21-23/16-1997
ISBN: 0-662-63009-2

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