Investments Toward Sustainable Development

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Jeffrey D. Sachs and Walter V. Reid*,†
19 MAY 2006 VOL 312 SCIENCE www.sciencemag.org
Enviado por: Marcelo Gustavo Colominas [mailto:mgcolominas@hotmail.com]
domingo, 21 de maio de 2006 00:58
Sustainable development, meaning economic growth that is environmentally sound, is a
practical necessity. Environmental goals cannot be achieved without development. Poor
people will circumvent environmental restrictions in their desperation for land, food, and sustenance.
Nor can development goals be achieved and sustained without sound environmental management.
Environmental catastrophes will undermine economic life, whether in New Orleans or
Nigeria. Therefore, investing in poverty reduction is crucial for environmental policy, while investing in the environment is vital for successful poverty reduction. Yet the world underinvests in both, and richcountry and poor-country governments overlook the policy links between poverty reduction and the
environment./.../