Amartya Sen

Development as Freedom

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  • Dilobar Kasymovahas quoted7 years ago
    freedom-centered perspective has a generic similarity to the common concern with “quality of life,” which too concentrates on the way human life goes (perhaps even the choices one has) and not just on the resources or income that a person commands.1
  • Dilobar Kasymovahas quoted7 years ago
    unemployment contributes to the “social exclusion” of some groups, and it leads to losses of self-reliance, self-confidence and psychological and physical health. Indeed, it is hard to escape a sense
  • Dilobar Kasymovahas quoted7 years ago
    The shift in perspective is important in giving us a different—and more directly relevant—view of poverty not only in the developing countries, but also in the more affluent societies. The presence of massive unemployment in Europe (10 to 12 percent in many of the major European countries) entails deprivations that are not well reflected in income distribution statistics.
  • Dilobar Kasymovahas quoted7 years ago
    There are good reasons for seeing poverty as a deprivation of basic capabilities, rather than merely as low income. Deprivation of elementary capabilities can be reflected in premature mortality, significant undernourishment (especially of children), persistent morbidity, widespread illiteracy and other failures.
  • Dilobar Kasymovahas quoted7 years ago
    low income can be a major reason for illiteracy and ill health as well as hunger and undernourishment, and (2) conversely, better education and health help in the earning of higher incomes.
  • Dilobar Kasymovahas quoted7 years ago
    Greater freedom enhances the ability of people to help themselves and also to influence the world, and these matters are central to the process of development.
  • Dilobar Kasymovahas quoted7 years ago
    Having greater freedom to do the things one has reason to value is (1) significant in itself for the person’s overall freedom, and (2) important in fostering the person’s opportunity to have valuable outcomes.6
  • Dilobar Kasymovahas quoted7 years ago
    These capabilities can be enhanced by public policy, but also, on the other side, the direction of public policy can be influenced by the effective use of participatory capabilities by the public. The two-way relationship is central to the analysis presented here.
  • Dilobar Kasymovahas quoted7 years ago
    are systematically denied political liberty and basic civil rights. It is sometimes claimed that the denial of these rights helps to stimulate economic growth and is “good” for rapid economic development.
  • Dilobar Kasymovahas quoted7 years ago
    Development has to be more concerned with enhancing the lives we lead and the freedoms we enjoy.
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