shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 20 2009 | women, world, poverty
Great article in the NY Times. Economist Amartya Sen says that women's development IS development, and I totally agree. There have been some really interesting (and controversial) studies looking at the correlation between poor treatment of women in the home & high rates of terrorism.
Quoted: The liberation of women could help solve many of the world’s problems, from poverty to child mortality to terrorism.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 02 2008 | india, poverty, money
Okay, this is seriously effed up.
Quoted: The juxtaposition between poverty and growing wealth presents an unsavory dilemma for luxury goods makers jumping into India.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 30 2008 | india, economics, poverty
Great piece from the NY Times about how economic liberalization could help India break free from the caste system.
Quoted: Chandra Bhan Prasad’s argues that India’s economic liberalization is about to destroy the caste system.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - May 02 2008 | india, poverty, news
Excellent article raising a lot of points about measuring inequality and using a quantitative index to assess qualitative concepts...
Quoted: Inequality is important, but the way we measure it is stupid.
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