Reducing poverty and protecting the environment : a call to action (English)

This speech by Lewis T. Preston, President of the World Bank, was given at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 4, 1992. He discussed poverty reduction and a call for action on the protection of the environment. Preston identifies the number of people living in absolute poverty, emphasizing predictions that within the next forty years, the world population will grow by an estimated 4 billion...

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Preston,Lewis T.;
Document Date
1992/06/04
Document Type
President's Speech
Report Number
35765
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2015/06/18
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Reducing poverty and protecting the environment : a call to action
Keywords
Agricultural Research and Extension

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Preston,Lewis T..

Reducing poverty and protecting the environment : a call to action (English). Presidential speech Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/881271468000894836

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