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Development Economics Paper

Inequality, Unemployment and Contemporary Europe

Amartya Sen

Inequality of incomes can differ substantially from inequality in other 'spaces' such as well-being, freedom, health, longevity, and quality of life. Given the massive sclae of unemployment in contemporary European econo...Read more...

November 1997

Development Economics Paper

Hunger in the Contemporary World

Amartya Sen

Economic analysis of hunger calls for an informationally broad approach that takes adequate account of the distinct interdependences involved. This paper examines the interdependences between (1) income and food consumpt...Read more...

November 1997

Development Economics Paper

What's the Point of a Development Strategy?

Amartya Sen

Standard indicators of economic success leave out many aspects of development that are crucial to the well-being and freedom of citizens. We have to examine critically the ends as well as the means involved in developmen...Read more...

April 1997

Development Economics Paper

Development and Thinking at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Amartya Sen

There has been a shift, in recent years, in the understanding of the process of development. It is not a switch (as often portrayed) from a state-dependent view of development to a market-reliant view. Rather, it involve...Read more...

March 1997