Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction
Author:   Sabina Alkire (, World Bank)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   352
Publication Date:   17 March 2005
Format:   Paperback
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Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction


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Author:   Sabina Alkire (, World Bank)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.511kg
ISBN:  

9780199283316


ISBN 10:   0199283311
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   17 March 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: INTRODUCTION: CAPABILITY AND VALUATION 2: POVERTY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 3: RANGE INFORMATION AND PROCESS 4: PARTICIPATION AND CULTURE 5: BASIC NEEDS AND BASIC CAPABILITIES 6: ASSESSING CAPABILITY CHANGE 7: THREE CASE STUDIES

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Sabina Alkire has written an insightful, ambitious and stimulating book on Amartya Sen's capability approach and poverty reductions. Illustrates nicely how philosophical reasoning may influence practical choices. - IDEA


Sabina Alkire has written an insightful, ambitious and stimulating book on Amartya Sen's capability approach and poverty reductions. Illustrates nicely how philosophical reasoning may influence practical choices. - IDEA<br>


Author Information

Sabina Alkire is currently a researcher with the Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University. Previously she has worked for the Commission on Human Security, coordinated the culture-poverty learning and research initiative at the World Bank, and developed participatory impact assessment methodologies with Oxfam and the Asia Foundation in Pakistan.

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