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This is an essential read for anyone interested in development. The effects of a consumer driven economy has been severe for what has been called (wrongly) third world countries and detrimental to the environment. As a global world, we can no longer assume that what we do only effects our own surroundings, but as we are experiencing now, our global community.
An excellent source and a surprising view of the detrimental effects of developing the world.
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Development Dictionary (92 Edition) by Wolfgang Sachs
leislweh, June 17, 2008
This is an essential read for anyone interested in development. The effects of a consumer driven economy has been severe for what has been called (wrongly) third world countries and detrimental to the environment. As a global world, we can no longer assume that what we do only effects our own surroundings, but as we are experiencing now, our global community.An excellent source and a surprising view of the detrimental effects of developing the world.