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- Title
The Interrelationship between Poverty, Environment and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh: An Overview.
- Authors
Nasreen, Mahbuba; Mokaddem Hossain, Khondokar; Kumar Kundu, Debasish
- Abstract
This paper attempts to focus on some of the issues and problems related to poverty and sustainable development in Bangladesh from the perspective of environmental protection and ecological balance. It has been argued that poverty alleviation and environmental protection are in harmony to reinforce sustainable development. This paper is an attempt to analyze the development scenario that aims at reducing poverty. However, in spite of the best efforts of government and NGOs the various indices of development in the developing countries have already faced difficulties in the context of achieving their goals and targets. This paper argues that instead of contributing to sustainability most of the development programs having a negative effect on overall environment and society.
- Subjects
BANGLADESH; POVERTY; SUSTAINABLE development; ENVIRONMENTAL protection; ECOLOGY; NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations; DEVELOPING countries
- Publication
Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, 2006, Vol 3, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1819-8465
- Publication type
Article