Fairness, Stewardship and Sustainable Development
Posted: 22 May 2011
Date Written: December 10, 1995
Abstract
The welfare economic concept of fairness offers an attractive, axiomatic foundation for the popular notion of stewardship. Fairness emphasizes the ex ante equal standing of all persons, across and within generations. This highlights the inextracability of poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability, especially in the agrarian tropics where biodiversity loss, deforestation and desertification are growing global concerns.
Keywords: Renewable resources; Poverty alleviation; Fairness; Sustainable development
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Barrett, Christopher B., Fairness, Stewardship and Sustainable Development (December 10, 1995). Ecological Economics, Vol. 19, No. 1, 1996, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1847892
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