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Sustainable Livelihoods and Local Development

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Over the years, development theorists have tended to emphasize the accumulation of capital in financial, physical, or natural forms as the driving force of economic […]

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Sustainable Development

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Henry Veltmeyer, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia With the United Nations’ publication of the Brundtland Report in 1987, the concept of sustainable development entered the […]

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Social Capital and the Informal Sector

Estimated read time 3 min read

Henry Veltmeyer, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia In the mainstream, “development” has most generally been conceived of in terms of economic growth (increases in the […]