EIRP Proceedings, Vol 7 (2012)

Abstract

Interest for sustainable development is manifested more strongly in terms emphasis and deepening pressure from the gap between growing needs of a growing population amid increasingly scarce resources and difficult to access, if global development policies and liberalization of markets and prices. Enterprises attach importance increasingly higher their social accountability. Their expectations in terms of local public services and hence increase the need for local development efforts, among them a starring role policies adopted by local authorities.