Sustainable Development: Concepts and Rankings

Mozaffar Qizilbash ()

Journal of Development Studies, 2001, vol. 37, issue 3, 134-161

Abstract: One way of thinking about development - endorsed by the UNDP and the Brundtland Commission - involves improvements in the quality of life which are equitable. This conception invokes two values - equity and well-being - which can conflict. The potential conflict suggests that countries which are doing well in terms of well-being may perform badly on environmental concerns. Desai argued to the contrary that there are positive linkages between human development and environmental protection. He found tentative support for this claim in rankings of developing countries in terms of the HDI and indices of environmental exploitation. This result is not robust when similar exercises are carried out using a different set of countries and closely related indices.

Keywords: Sustainable Development; Concepts; Rankings; Human Development; Environmental Protection; Developing Countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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