Sustainable development in poor countries: economic challenges and strategic pitfalls
- Author Emile KASY
- Co-Author Gatien HORACE, Narcisse RANDRIANANTENAINA
- DOI https://ww
- Country : Madagascar
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Keywords : sustainable development - economic choice - developing countries - nature - environment
Abstract
The evolution of the world's activities in the long term has seen the advent of sustainable development as an approach and this after having known a path of destructive economic growth of the environment. If in developed countries, awareness was almost instantaneous with the adoption of more proactive policies in this area, developing countries are experiencing dilemmas in several aspects. First of all, it has been found that measures that go in the direction of sustainable development prove to be limiting of the speed of economic growth when developing countries need them so much for their economic development. Either policy measures tend to increase production costs or they limit growth. Then come the dilemmas that follow one after the other. First, in the face of economic logic, developing countries find it difficult to understand development policies (in its true meaning). To this end, it seems that these countries apply all other measures below global ambitions in terms of economic growth (allusion made to the Sustainable Development Goals). Secondly, very difficult choices are put in front of these countries: should we limit the population or consumption? Given the lack of resources, should we protect humans or nature? Faced with the global approach to sustainable development, should we think nationally or internationally? These are all questions to which developing countries must seek answers. It turns out that well-adapted strategies based on local realities must be favored in the first place to have rational and effective policies in sustainable development.
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