Assessing influence of vulnerable groups on sustainable development

Vulnerable population groups – these may be rural landless workers, ethnic minorities, refugees, migrants, displaced people, women heads of households – whose changes in demographic structure may have specific impact on sustainable development.

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.