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  1. WEBINAR: Framing Research and Innovation for Transformative Change Towards Sustainable Development in the European Union

    …th, social inclusion and environmental protection is undeniable. In recent times and already before COVID-19, it was argued that R&I policy plays a pivotal role for the pursuit of – and transition towards – sustainable development, whose integrated notion balances the three dimensions of sustainability – i.e. the economic, social and environmental. Within the global debate on sustainable development as an integrated and indivisible concept, a new

  2. Open Access Book: ‘Learning, Marginalization, and Improving the Quality of Education in Low-income Countries’

    …ic and social impacts. They further outline how achieving SDG4 will take renewed and persistent effort by stakeholders to use better measurement tools to promote learning achievement among poor and marginalized children. This volume builds on the second international conference on Learning at the Bottom of the Pyramid (LBOP2). It will be an indispensable resource for policymakers, researchers and government thinktanks, and local experts, as well a…

  3. “Well-Being, Justice and Development Ethics”

    …, first articulated by Amartya Sen in the early 1980s. Written for an international audience, but rooted in the Latin American reality – a region with a history of movements for social justice – the book argues that the capability approach provides to date, the most encompassing and compelling ethical framework with which to construct action for improving people’s wellbeing and reducing injustices in the world. This book outlines in a clear and co…

  4. Haq Memorial Lectures

    …t Report Office (HDRO) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York. 2016: Rima Khalaf, Former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia from 2010 to 2017. “Autocracy, Conflict and De-Development in the Arab World: Changing Mindsets, Altering Paths” 2015: Ernesto Zedillo, Former President of Mexico, Yale University. “Tales from Latin America and Africa: Growing Policy Challenges at a…

  5. In Memoriam – Kotaro Suzumura

    …hoice as well as the theory of social choice and welfare economics. Kotaro read widely and his keen awareness of the historical background of modern normative economics was a distinctive feature of his work on social choice and welfare. Together with K. J. Arrow and A. K. Sen, Kotaro edited the Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, Volume 1 (North-Holland, 2002) and Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, Volume 2 (North-Holland, 2011), which cont…

  6. Commentary: What sets good and bad leaders apart in the coronavirus era

    …of the Witwatersrand Crises bring out the best and worst of politicians and populations. Folly, fear and fortitude are on display everywhere. In the main, democracies have fared better than non-democracies in handling the coronavirus pandemic. But the record is very varied indeed. What explains this? What can be done about it? Read the full article in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/what-sets-good-and-bad-leaders-apart-in-the-corona…

  7. Amartya Sen Awarded 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

    …ork to combat social inequality in education and healthcare is as relevant today as ever. Among Sen’s most important contributions is the idea of evaluating a society’s wealth not solely based on economic growth indices, but also on the opportunities for development available to all individuals who comprise that society, in particular its weakest members. Read more here A related article about Amartya Sen, written by philosopher Christian Neuhäuse…

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