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  1. COVID-19 Reflections: A Global Capability Crisis

    …ould last for many years. It may and should also be an opportunity for the world to reassess the freedoms we should value and the steps we need to make development truly sustainable and inclusive but in either case, the themes of the capability approach (Nussbaum and Sen (1993), Anand and Piketty (2011)) provide a rich source of ideas on which researchers and policy-makers can draw. What consumers and workers can do has been subject to a tremendou…

  2. In Memoriam – Stephan Klasen

    …phan at different stages provided policy advice to the United Nations, the World Bank and other international organisations, various German government advisory bodies, and others. He sought out places in which he could contribute most, for instance by working in South Africa with the World Bank soon after the end of the apartheid regime. He was an influential member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN Committee on Development…

  3. The Human Side of Immigration: More Than Economic Contributions

    …uncil (Map the Impact of Immigration: U.S. Economic Data & Numbers [MAP] – New American Economy) lets us map out the economic impact of immigrant us in the USA, showing that they contribute $651.9 billion in taxes. While these economic studies are impressive, I always wonder why they only equate the value of immigrants with tax contributions or spending power. It’s unfortunate that we, in America, always try to justify the “impact of immigrants” i…

  4. HDCA WEBINAR: The State of the Union: Reflections on Democracy and Division in and beyond the United States of America

    …has been a consultant with the Inter-American Development Bank, USAID, the World Bank, and the International Center for Transitional Justice. David was the founder and former president of the International Development Ethics Association (IDEA). Among his numerous publications are “Toward Development Ethics,” The Ethics of Global Development: Agency, Capability, and Deliberative Democracy, “Reckoning with Past Wrongs: A Normative Framework,” “Endin…

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