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The financial sector's impact on sustainable development

Olaf WeberSchool for Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, ON, CanadaN2 L 3G1Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 1-8 | Received 31 Jan 2013, Accepted 22 Oct 2013, Published online: 21 Mar 2014

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