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Sustainable underdevelopment?

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  • Jorge Luís Teixeira Àvila
  • Roberto Luís de Melo Monte-Mór

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This paper addresses the concept of sustainable development and, more particularly, its applicability in underdeveloped economies when analyzing reciprocal effects between economic organization and environmental issues. It also addresses the relationships between development and underdevelopment, from an ecological economics’ approach, and its theoretical implications regarding the concept of sustainable development. We conclude that the specificities of Latin American economies, when compared to those economies of developed countries, also entail, beyond economical disparities, the existence of strong antagonisms from an environmental standpoint, which are recurrently ignored by most of the interpretations concerning sustainable development. JEL Classification: O10; Q57.

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  • Jorge Luís Teixeira Àvila & Roberto Luís de Melo Monte-Mór, 2011. "Sustainable underdevelopment?," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 31(3), pages 381-396.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:31:y:2011:i:3:p:381-396:id:411
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    Keywords

    sustainable development; underdevelopment; environment; ecological economy;
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    JEL classification:

    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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