This paper reviews what insights environmental and ecological economics have provided regarding the 'poverty-environment'- nexus within the 'EnvironmentDevelopment'-system. Various perspectives are discussed, such as 'the poor as agents' and 'the poor as victims' hypotheses, (a) institutions...

The dissertation examines the development of the global direction of the EU Common commercial policy (CCP) in the period 2000-2009. The prerequisites for the global direction becoming a leading one are identified – economic globalization, accelerated development of the global trade, the new...

The local budget represents an important planning and management instrument of the financial activity at the level of administrative-territorial units, an instrument that supports and puts into practice sustainable development policies at local level. In the present paper, we have performed a...

Sustainable development is the great challenge of this century. In conditions of resource depletion, pollution, and emphasis of population growth, many experts consider that the very survival of the human race depends on the extent to which it becomes reality. The concept of sustainable...

Improving of overall economic situation and social environment can be achieved by adopting a sustainable development, focusing on improving quality of men's life and environmental health. In the conditions of worsening crisis of the environment and natural resources is trying to adapt the...

Providing safe drinking water in rural areas is a major challenge because it is not easy to establish institutional arrangements that will ensure that drinking water facilities are provided, maintained, and managed in an efficient, equitable, and sustainable way. Like many other countries, Ghana...