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#5 What is poverty?

#5 What is poverty?

I don’t know. That’s an odd way to start off a blog post, isn’t it? I am a small part...

Poverty’s Not a Narrow Subject

Poverty’s Not a Narrow Subject

For me, the Sen discussion is an extension of the main discord amongst members of La Ceiba. From writing an...

Five Freedoms

Five Freedoms

Amartya Sen argues the point that an increase in income to poverty stricken community is not the only key to...

The Freedom to Overcome Poverty

The Freedom to Overcome Poverty

According to Amartya Sen, people working in the development field need to shift their focus away from narrow views to...

Income and “Unfreedoms”

Income and “Unfreedoms”

Though I don’t know that I initially agreed with Sen’s phrase “freedom” as the means and end of development, simply...

#5 is for Freedom

#5 is for Freedom

Armartya Sen asserts that freedom is not only a product of development but also its principal means.  Instead of focusing...

Poverty takes on multiple meanings

Poverty takes on multiple meanings

The danger that lies in ignoring a more broad definition of poverty (which includes “capability poverty” and “freedom poverty”) is...

Past Newsletters, future content!

Past Newsletters, future content!

LaCeiba-Newsletter(S09) LaCeiba-Newsletter(Fall08) Use these to get an idea of what to write for content.  We need an overview of each...

Blog Post 5: A case for mobility

Blog Post 5: A case for mobility

Poverty has been consistently elusive for most development economists, mostly because the causal factors have never been enumerated in their...

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