Sustainable development is a type of economic development that involves planning for business growth while taking care to preserve natural resources. A primary goal of those studying the field is to learn how to meet today’s economic demands without compromising the availability of resources moving forward.  

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America. Panama offers many universities and high schools that are bi-lingual and world class. There's an ongoing project called City of Knowledge, that consists of several educational programmes in the old installations of a former US military base (Clayton).