Bela Syrlybayeva Doctor of Economics, Senior Analyst, the Agency for Investments Profitability Investigations The Republic of Kazakhstan. Almaty Twenty years of the sustainable development Concept: Analysis of Preliminary Results Summary The paper discusses the basic principles of the sustainable development concept. There will be twentieth anniversary of this concept in June of 2012. The theory is being criticized and the preliminary consequences of the goal realization are analyzed. The conclusions are made about non-compliance of the modern global world order with the basic principles of this paper. Keywords: Concept of Sustainable Development, United Nations, globalization, conflicts, environment, security, hunger, poverty, poverty, inequality.
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