Draft Environment , Poverty and Development

Predicting the Relationship between Ethics and Business Environment and Economic Development of Iran

Background: In order to achieve development, there is a need to pay attention to corruption, violence and poverty of nations, which stems from the lack of economic ethics and business environment ethics. Fundamental elimination of corruption, violence and poverty of nations in line with the practical motivations of economic development will not be possible except with the growing link between e...

Public health round-up

World leaders are set to adopt new sustainable development goals this month that aim to eradicate extreme poverty, promote prosperity and people’s wellbeing, while protecting the environment, by 2030. More than 150 world leaders are expected to attend the Sustainable Development Summit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 25 to 27 September. Entitled “Transforming our World: The ...

Providing Legal & Technical Assistance to the Grassroots Movement for Environmental Justice

The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment submits these comments on the Draft California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool (“OEHHA Tool”). The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment (“CRPE”) is a grassroots, community-based organization based in Delano, California. We provide legal advocacy for and organize in Central Valley communities most impacted by environmental pollut...

draft Population , Poverty and Economic Development

Land and Poverty: Some Empirical Findings Using Cross Sectional Data from Niger Delta Region, Nigeria

Poverty is the most serious threat to natural resources and the environment and most of the poor are rural-based who engage in various agricultural activities. Land is a critical asset for the rural poor and lacking means to appropriately intensify agriculture which compels the poor to either overuse or misuse this natural resource base to meet basic needs. This study presents empirical relatio...