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THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS CONCERNING THE ROLE AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE POPULATION HEALTH FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

POENARU, Maria - In: Romanian Journal of Economics 23 (2006) 2(32), pp. 49-66

Good health is a fundamental resource for social and economic development. Higher levels of human development mean that people live longer and enjoy more healthy years of life. This paper tries to give an answer to the question why human health is a key component of a national strategy for...

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Le développement peut-il être durable ? la civilisation de la diversité (Can development be sustainable? the civilization of diversity)

Zaoual, Hassan - Laboratoire de Recherche sur l'Industrie et … - 2006

cultures, in order to establish the sustainability of biodiversity. Accepting to think complexity, diversity, proximity to …

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l’économie sociale : un potentiel d’innovations ? (is social economy an opportunity for innovation?)

Ferreira, Nathalie - Laboratoire de Recherche sur l'Industrie et … - 2007

Les organisations et les entreprises de l’économie sociale s’apparentent aujourd’hui à une sorte de "laboratoire d’expérimentations de pratiques sociales nouvelles". Elles constituent un secteur dynamique et sont porteuses d’innovations sociales, notamment en matière de gestion...

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Potential synergies between existing multilateral environmental agreements in the implementation of Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry activities

Cowie, Annette; Schneider, Uwe A.; Montanarella, Luca - Forschungsstelle Nachhaltige Umweltentwicklung (ZMK), … - 2007

There is potential for synergy between the global environmental conventions on climate change, biodiversity and desertification: changes in land management and land use undertaken to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions can simultaneously deliver positive outcomes for conservation of...

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To What Extent Green Accounting Measure Sustainable Development

Yusuf, Arief Anshory; Alisjahbana, Armida - Center for Economics and Development Studies, Fakultas … - 2003

To what extent green accounting can properly measure sustainable development, not only depend on how well we maintain the link between the indicators and a clearlydefined concept of sustainable development but also on cautious interpretation of those indicators. Information from green accounting...

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Assessing Indonesia's sustainable development: long-run trend, impact of the crisis, and adjustment during the recovery period.

Alisjahbana, Armida; Yusuf, Arief Anshory - Center for Economics and Development Studies, Fakultas … - 2003

We adopt the definition of sustainability as “non-declining welfare per capita”, and measure genuine savings and change … in wealth per capita as indicator of weak sustainability. The results suggests that the overall trend in sustainability … been on a sustainable path. Despite this, sustainability had been on an improving long-run trend due to the restructuring …

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Auditing sustainable development reports: accountability perspective: an exploration of Egypt and the UAE practices

Mubarak, Afaf - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 2 (2006) 3, pp. 211-230

This study investigates whether there are differences between companies in Egypt and in the United Arab Emirates in perception and practice of auditing sustainable development reports. The examination extends to cover the recognition of firms' accountability to different stakeholders. This was...

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Integrating climate change and sustainable development

Robinson, John B.; Herbert, Deborah - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 1 (2001) 2, pp. 130-149

The links between climate issues and sustainable development are manifold. Given these interconnections, the lack of close integration of the sustainable development and climate change literatures is puzzling; part of the reason for this lack of connectivity may be the very different research...

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Globalisation versus sustainable development: a question of the common good

Burgenmeier, Beat - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 2 (1999) 4, pp. 449-457

The notion of common good is not clearly defined. Globalisation as well as sustainable development refers to it. This paper recalls four main objections to globalisation, namely institutional contextualisation, experience from economic history, equity issues, and other normative assessments. It...

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Globalisation of environmental monetary valuation and sustainable development: an experience in the tropical forest of Cameroon

Lescuyer, G. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 1 (1998) 1, pp. 115-133

The purpose of this article is to test whether the monetary valuation of environmental assets is sufficient to define a sustainable management of natural resources. This discussion is based on a one-year field experience in East Cameroon, one of the aims of which was to question the validity of...

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