It is imperative that 'people' be at the center of the development of the nation. The concept of 'Human Development' has been of prime focus since the inception of Human Development Reports in the year 1990 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). In pursuance of this objective,...

The Fourth Annual World Bank Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development was convened in September 1996, with the aim to pursue four key goals:1) poverty reduction; 2) widely shared growth; 3) household, national, and global food security; and 4) sustainable natural resource...

The challenges for the quality of life in rural areas in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, connected with structural economic and demographic changes, raise the question of how to find appropriate policy interventions in the specific situation of transitions countries. One approach to bring forward rural...

In Romania, at the level of residential environments there are gaps in terms of quality of life, these are reflected through socio-economic indicators. The degree of poverty is high in rural areas, determined by both economic and demographic, social and cultural factors. It is known that incomes...