Wealth, Poverty and Sustainable Development / Riqueza, Pobreza y Desarrollo Sustentable

by David Barkin

A readable bilingual (Spanish-English) introductory essay on sustainable development. Provides a framework for understanding difficulties of implmenting program under existing institutional structure and offers specific suggestions for implementing programs, including examples of programs already under way. Includes a 20 page bibliography Chapter
Two paths one to wealth, the other to poverty
Wealth, poverty and environmental degradation
The internationalization of capital
New strategies for rural sustainable development

165 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Professor of Economics at the Xochimilco Campus of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in México City. He received his doctorate in economics from Yale University and was awarded the National Prize in Political Economics in 1979 for his analysis of inflation in Mexico. He is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and of the National Research Council. In 1974, he was a founding member of the Ecodevelopment Center. He is interested in the process of unequal development that creates profound imbalances throughout society and promotes environmental degradation. His recent research focuses on the implementation of alternative strategies for the sustainable management of resources. Much of his work is conducted in collaboration with local communities and regional citizens' groups.