Why Do Developing Countries Spend Less on Environmental Quality Than

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Essay

Why do developing countries spend less on environmental quality than wealthier countries?

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Anglicans

Members of the Church of England or of any churches in communion with it, which combine Catholic and Protestant traditions.

Petition of Right

A constitutional document submitted to Charles I by the English Parliament in 1628 to limit the king's authority and assert the rights of subjects, including freedom from arbitrary arrest and taxation without Parliament's consent.

English Constitution

An uncodified set of fundamental principles and established precedents according to which the state of England is governed.

Navigation Acts

A series of English (later British) laws that regulated trade and commerce between England (later Great Britain) and its colonies to enrich the mother country.