Placing a positive value on all economic activity within the market, regardless of its consequences, can result in a failure to " measure " social and environmental deterioration _ a measure that is now absent from the equations used to calculate the gross domestic product.
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Haiti's economic stagnation results from earlier inappropriate economic policies, political instability, a shortage of good arable land, environmental deterioration, continued use of traditional technologies, under-capitalization and lack of public investment in human resources, migration of large portions of the skilled population, and a weak national savings rate.
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Beneath all the questions of strategy lies a darker thought : since Labor seems to be appropriating much of the Liberal Democratic program-- a strong commitment to private enterprise, a concern for the middle class, alarm over environmental deterioration-- what is the need for a third party?
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According to Schultz et al ., " The women, environment and development debate ( WED-debate ) is anchored in a critical view of development policies where the link between modernization / industrialization and technology on the one hand and environmental deterioration on the other is focused " ( p4 ).
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Keith Smith ( 1992 ) says that this definition includes a broader range of hazards ranging from long term environmental deterioration such as acidification of soils and build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide to communal and involuntary social hazards such as crime and terrorism to voluntary and personal hazards such as drug abuse and mountain climbing.
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As of 2004, the island achieves over 1, 000, 000 visitors per year, versus an initial " planned " level of 500, 000 visitors, leading to overdevelopment and environmental deterioration : " " The result has been polluted and eroded beaches, shortages of water, and a deterioration " " of the quality of life of most Balinese " ".
