Wednesday, October 1, 2008

[EQ] Development: A misconceived theory can kill

Development: "A misconceived theory can kill”

Sabina Alkire
Working Paper 11: April 2008 -
forthcoming in C. Morris, Ed. Amartya Sen: Contemporary Philosophy in Focus. CUP
Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)

Available online at: http://www.ophi.org.uk/pubs/Alkire%20Development%20OPHI%20WP.pdf

 

“… The first section of this chapter orients the reader to the relationship between development and freedom.
The second section demonstrates how Sen uses aspects of the capability approach in relation to poverty measurement, the market, education, gender, population and reason, health and hunger…”

 

 

 

 

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