unintended pregnancy is among the most troubling public health problems and a major reproductive health issue worldwide imposing appreciable socioeconomic burden on individuals and society. governments generally plan to control growth of births (especially wanted births as well as orphans and illegitimate births) imposing extra burden on public funding of the governments which inevitably affect...

Agriculture has a key role to play in reducing poverty and hunger in many developing countries. About 75% of the world's poor live in rural areas and most are dependent on agriculture and related activities in the rural economy. For this reason the benefits for developing countries’ farmers have been shown to be substantial if OECD member countries reformed their agricultural policies. The issu...

It is a known fact that industrialization is critical to economic development. In fact there is hardly any developed nation that is not industrialized. However, industrialization would only take place once there is a focused administration capable of wielding the necessary political will to implement clearly defined policies that can transform the nation’s processes away from primary production...

Sustainable development aims at addressing economic, social, and environmental concerns, but the current lack of responsive environmental governance hinders progress. Short-term economic development has led to limited actions, unsustainable resource management, and degraded ecosystems. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may continue to fall short of achieving significant progress witho...

The European Union is pursuing a competitive and sustainable development model that combines insights from environmental as well as economic analysis. The rhetoric of this model is attractive: European development should be ‘sustainable’ both in terms of its use of labour and environmental resources, and in terms of the location of economic activity. European policy, therefore, should encourage...