Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for SurvivalLime Tree, 1992 - 291 pages |
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Page 122
... poverty . Hence the insistence , essential and inescapable , that our prob- lems in sustaining life on Earth are problems of environment and development , entwined and inseparable . WHAT is poverty ? In prosperous countries , in Europe ...
... poverty . Hence the insistence , essential and inescapable , that our prob- lems in sustaining life on Earth are problems of environment and development , entwined and inseparable . WHAT is poverty ? In prosperous countries , in Europe ...
Page 133
... poverty and intensification of environmental stress . The Greeks saw the city - state , the polis , as the ideal entity for the realization of citizenship . As Aristotle put it , " Men come together in cities in order to live ; they ...
... poverty and intensification of environmental stress . The Greeks saw the city - state , the polis , as the ideal entity for the realization of citizenship . As Aristotle put it , " Men come together in cities in order to live ; they ...
Page 142
... poverty . Human development must be the keystone of our strategy if it is to be ecologically viable . This ... poverty and development were lumped together with such matters as financial resources and the transfer of technology . The ...
... poverty . Human development must be the keystone of our strategy if it is to be ecologically viable . This ... poverty and development were lumped together with such matters as financial resources and the transfer of technology . The ...
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Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
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