Evangelical Perspectives on Sustainable Economies
WORLD EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP
THEOLOGICAL COMMISSION/
AU SABLE FORUM cont.
"Evangelical Christianity and the Environment"
26 - 31 August 1992

2.5 In poor countries, sustainable development requires first and foremost addressing the following interrelated tasks: the establishment of a just and stable political power; economic development to provide jobs and alleviate poverty; capital investments in human development to stabilize populations and enable people to improve their well-being and their livelihoods; protection of God's creation, in large part by providing poor and landless peoples with alternatives to the over-exploitation of marginal lands; and support for improved development practices that are both appropriate within the culture and to the task.

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