Poverty and the Planet Tapa blanda - 1990

Penguin, 1990-10-04. Paperback. Good. **PAPERBACK**

Good throughout with minor corner bumps to covers and tanning to page margins.  No inscriptions or markings and not price clipped.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 1990. Paperback. Very Good. Uncreased, unworn and unmarked save for blind stamp on front endpaper.

Penguin, 1990-10-04. Paperback. Very Good. **PAPERBACK**

Penguin, 1990-10-04. Paperback. Good.

London England: Penguin. Paperback. Slight crease to front cover. To the Third World's poor, environmentalism seems an expensive luxury. From the slums and villages of Asia, Africa and Latin America, the First World's burgeoning concern for the environment appears a diversion from the real issues: economic injustive and the exploitation of the world's poor. Yet the poor are often hardest hit by the environmental crisis. Behind famine lies the transformation of forests into deserts and fertile earth into barren wasteland. And behind this devastation lies the harsh political reality of poor people forced to destroy nature just to eat, and of governments pursuing western-back 'development' schemes regardless of the environmental and human cost. Thsi bok explores the solutions to this vicious circle. Examining the problems, from hunger to debt, that keep the Third World poor it rejects short-twrm 'development' that destroys the resources on which the poor's livelihood and… Leer más

Penguin, 1990-10-04. Paperback. Good. 8x5x1. A readable copy of the book with typical reading wear to the cover and spine. Slight discolouration to the pages. Fingermarks present. Foxing to the pages. Pages are yellowing. Page creasing present

Penguin UK. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.