![]() ![]() He makes it clear that previous strategies to reduce these catastrophes are erroneous. Sen alerts the reader that poverty, unfulfilled elementary needs, the occurrence of famines, the violation of political freedoms and neglect of the agency of women remain today despite ‘unpredented opulence’ (1999). However, he recognises that increase of income alone “has at best uneven and at worst has detrimental impacts on the majority of a country’s population, and radical redistributive measures are necessary for the poor to benefit from growth” (Selwyn 2011:69). Sen does acknowledge that increases in poor people’s incomes do contribute to the expansion of their freedoms. ![]() Sen challenges the mainstream concept of measuring development by economic growth (Evans 2002). He argues that human development is about the expansion of citizens capabilities.įor Sen, freedom means increasing citizens access and opportunities to the things they have reason to value. Amartya Sen’s concept of Development As Freedom (1999) is highly acclaimed. ![]()
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