Angol
The analysis of the interactions between natural resource§scarcity, technological innovation and the dynamics of eco-§nomic systems has a long-standing tradition in economics.§During the 1980s and the early 1990s, a new phase of these§interactions initiated under the effects of technological§revolution and the problem of the environment. The general§concept behind this book is that the issue of natural resou-§cesand the environment in relation to economic growth can-§not be addressed without due consideration for the effects§of technological innovation on thedynamics of economic sy-§stems. Technological innovation alone, however, is not a§sufficient condition for the sustainability of economic§growth. Policies may have a role in solving the internatio-§nal distribution problems generated by the non-converging§development path of developed and developing countries. In§particular, the new international order shaped by the events§of the 1980s, made it possible for world management to ad-§dress the problems of poverty and the environment.
