Shell's contribution to economic development in poor countries has a pragmatic as well as humanitarian dimension, of course.
On the one hand, the presence of this network and its traffic flows offer accessibility and make a contribution to economic development.
So, in the context of female entrepreneurship, more comparative studies are needed to uncover the hidden aspects of the reasons behind different rates of women entrepreneurs, the quality and longevity of their businesses, and their contribution to economic development.
George Washington University, Washington DC George Washington University offers coursework in sustainable tourism destination management, which the university's website says emphasises "minimizing the negative impacts of tourism and preserving cultural and natural resources, while optimizing tourism's overall contribution to economic development in host communities".
In other words, the scheme does prevent massive unemployment that otherwise would have resulted from the hollowing out process, but the jobs it helps to create remain mostly low-end, not a significant contribution to economic development.
"The fact that it has overachieved both on energy production and on contribution to economic development in communities is a cause for celebration, not cancellation, right?" the Ecology Action Centre's energy coordinator Catherine Abreu told VICE News over the phone from NS.
Nationally, it has served as symbol of our contributions to economic development and has increased our eligibility and likelihood for success with regard to translational and commercialisation programs from foundations and federal funding programs.
Far more than just making the moral case for investing in older people, the authors argue that older people are hard workers and relatively productive (even if their contributions to economic development are often informal), and that they are crucial to social cohesion and child-rearing.
Coal mining has made important contributions to economic development, however, with the expansion of the scale of coal mining, it has caused tremendous pressure and severe damage to the local ecological environment (Zang et al. 2010; Zhao et al. 2013).
They must aim at strengthening the State's capabilities for the protection of migrants and their human rights, while recognizing their contributions to economic development and achieving their social inclusion, in order to eradicate intolerance and racism.
