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100 _aMARKANDYA, Anil
245 _aIs free trade compatible with sustainable development.
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520 _aIdentifies three themes central to sustainable development: ensuring that future generations do not suffer as a result of present actions; that resources are used as efficiently as possible; and that development paths are not so inequitable as to push poor countries and poor individuals into environmentally degrading actions. Addresses two main questions: whether trade liberalisation conflicts with the goals of sustainable development; and, whether the instruments of economic and social policy that are required to achieve sustainable development result in a reduction in trade.
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