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Where Did Development Economics Come From?
Development and Change, EarlyView.
Eric Helleiner
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Disasters, Volume 50, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract When world prices of maize and wheat doubled between early 2020 and mid‐2022, it was feared the increases would transmit to markets in the Global South, threatening the food security of vulnerable people. We report studies conducted in Mali, northeast Nigeria, Sudan, and northern Uganda to examine changes in the prices of cereals, their ...
Steve Wiggins +11 more
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An approximation to the standard of living index: the colombian case [PDF]
This document seeks to show the main properties of a standard of living index using the theoretical approach of Amartya Sen. We establish the link among concepts such as: welfare, well-being, agency achievement and standard of living.
Darwin Cortes +2 more
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Why Women Hug Their Chains: Wollstonecraft and Adaptive Preferences [PDF]
, 2011 Cataloged from PDF version of article.In a recent article,1 Amartya Sen writes that one important influence on his theory of adaptive preferences is Wollstonecraft's account of how some women, though clearly oppressed, are apparently satisfied with their
Berges, S.
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La prescripción de la democracia para impulsar el desarrollo humano: el caso latinoamericano [PDF]
, 2009 Para el Nobel de Economía Amartya Sen, la democracia no sirve de remedio automático para las enfermedades como la quinina funciona para curar la malaria. La oportunidad que abre tiene que ser positivamente aprovechada para alcanzar el efecto deseado (Sen,
Acuña-Alfaro, Jairo
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The Capabilities Approach to Homelessness: A Scoping Review
Health &Social Care in the Community, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Introduction Situations of housing exclusion are complex and are a sign of social injustice. The capabilities approach is a promising way of exploring and addressing these situations. However, the diversity of the literature and the lack of synthesis make it difficult for stakeholders to gain an overall understanding of this approach for this ...
Anaïs Giraudier +5 more
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Moneta e Credito, 2014 The article is part of the special issue of the journal, including the proceedings of the conference "Albert Hirschman scienziato sociale" held in Rome at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
Amartya Sen
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Alternative Formulations for the Income Component of HDI [PDF]
human development, consumption ...
Amartya Sen, Sudhir Anand
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, 1987 Text of the Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture delivered during International Centers Week, October 1987, by Amartya Sen. Professor Sen addressed the connections between freedom and food, which he said needed to be recognized more fully as part of the ...
Sen, Amartya
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Consequentialism and the ideal theory debate in political philosophy
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Andreas T. Schmidt
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