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  1. Philosopher Martha Nussbaum on How to Live with Our Human Fragility

    Philosopher Martha Nussbaum on How to Live with Our Human Fragility by Maria Popova “To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control.” In 1988, Bill Moyers produced a series of intelligent, inspiring, provocative conversations with a diverse set of cultural icons, ranging from Isaac Asimov to Noam Chomsky to Chinua Achebe. It was unlike any public discourse to have…

  2. Call for Papers – 12th AFD International Conference on Development

    …ing commons and social capital; – Multi-territorial commons (value chains, rural areas, interface between rural and urban zones, etc.): Links between local spaces and international injunctions and recommendations, appropriation processes, regulatory arrangements, intersection between public and private interests, territorial interface (between the local, regional, and sometimes global levels); – Common services (water, electricity, irrigation, etc…

  3. Opiniones de los Miembros de la HDCA sobre el Enfoque de Capacidades

    …n puede tener efectos de empoderamiento y distributivos. Por ejemplo, los grupos desfavorecidos pueden aumentar su capacidad para resistir las desigualdades y obtener un trato más justo “en” y “a través” de la educación. Tener una buena educación es crucial para el desarrollo y la expansión de otras capacidades para que la capacidad educativa expanda otras libertades humanas importantes. Jacqui Goldin SADC-Waternet Chair for Water and Society, Uni…

  4. Call for Papers: The Ethics of Business, Trade, & Global Governance

    …Vienna and the University of St. Andrews Centre for Responsible Banking & Finance, announces a call for proposals for a conference on the economics, ethics, and governance of global commerce. Download the call for papers The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the global economy. Because this has been a time of disruption and shifting economic power, it is an opportunity to reassess ethical and governance questions and debates about international trade…

  5. HDCA committees

    …Committee Description: The Affiliation Committee answers, approves and oversees requests for affiliation as determined in the guidelines for affiliation. It reports to the EC at least once a year. Finance Committee Description: The Finance Committee oversees all financial matters of the association, supports the Treasurer and reports to the EC at least once a year….

  6. New Book: “Development: The Re-Balancing of Economic Powers”

    …ary debates views about the role of the state and the market. Some major structural changes are also examined from economic growth in Asia to international finance: the author contends that contemporary issues on development can be better understood with the help of the founding fathers of economics, from the Mercantilist era to Marx. They help to understand the difficult relationship between development and market forces within different models o…

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