Revue d'ECONOMIE et de MANAGEMENT
Volume 2, Numéro 1, Pages 113-127
2003-03-01

Poverty Alleviation Towards Sustainable Development

Authors : Sarkar Amin U. .

Abstract

While several developing countries made rapid economic growth and development still there are many countries that suffer from high level of poverty, economic stagnation and environmental degradation. What underlying forces have made for rapid progress in some economies and the lack of progress in others? Why do people get left behind where some enjoy improvement in their standard of living? in the progress that is occurring sustainable or is it based on policies that are exhausting natural resources and destroying the environment? what poverty alleviating policies are available to the affected countries? These are some of the vital questions that are addressed in this paper

Keywords

Poverty, development, economic growth, developing countries