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UNU-WIDER From Seers to Sen: The Meaning of Economic Development

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A teenager wears torn rubber boots in a muddy local market in Bac Ha, Viet Nam. As of 2005 figures, half the world population—more than 3 billion people–is estimated to live on less than USD 2.50 a day. Bac Ha, Viet Nam. UN Photo/Kibae Park.

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From Seers to Sen: The Meaning of Economic Development

Publisher:
UNU-WIDER
Series:
WIDER Research Paper
Volume:
2006/20
Title:
From Seers to Sen: The Meaning of Economic Development
Authors:
E. Wayne Nafziger
Publication date:
2006
ISSN Web:
1810-2611
ISBN Web:
929190788X
ISBN 13 Web:
9789291907885
Copyright holder:
© UNU-WIDER
Copyright year:
2006
Keywords:
inequality, poverty, employment, growth, neoclassicism, entitlement, famine
JEL:
B2, O1
Project:
Jubilee Conference - WIDER Thinking Ahead
Sponsor:
The governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency-Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).
Format:
online

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