The Paradox Of Wealth And Poverty
We live in a time of human paradoxes. Scientific knowledge has reached a level of sophistication that permits understanding of the most arcane phenomena and yet religious fundamentalism dominates in many parts of the world. We witness the emergence of a civil, liberal constitutionalism in many regions of the world and yet ethnic violence threatens the lives and dignity of millions. And we live in a time of rapid economic and technological advance and yet several billions of people live in...
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Analyzes with an open mind and empirical research the policies and processes of international economic development today
IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Welfare, Well-Being, and Needs1The Conception of the Person3Gender and Development23A Rich Conception of the Person282What is Economic Development?35Goals of Economic Development37What Is an Economy?39Concepts of Growth, Inequality, and Poverty51Data and Outcomes593Goals and Strategies for Economic Development67Instruments of Economic Development Policy67Existing Economic Development Strategies70Progressive Economic Development74A Comparison of Development Strategies82What Obstacles Stand in the Way of Progressive Economic Development?864Justice91Economic Justice94Institutions105Public Policy and Social Welfare120Conclusions1235Human Rights125What Is a Right?125Candidates for Universal Human Rights134The Universal Declaration of Human Rights142Cultural Specificity of Rights?147Human Rights and Development Ethics1506Aid, Trade, and the Global Economy153Globalization155International Aid170A Role for the Ethical Citizen1817Development and the Environment189The Issues of Primary Environmental Concern190The Value Issues193Goals204Sustainable Development205Conflicts Between Environmental Goals and Economic Development207Means of Preserving Environmental Goods2128Democracy and Development219What Is Democracy?220Institutional Issues231Democracy and the Poor2439Conclusion: Toward a Global Civil Society247References257Index273
