Saturday, August 10, 2013

Amartya Sen: India must focus on its women

Economist discusses country's flawed development model and how it can be improved to lower poverty.

India should learn from neighbouring Bangladesh about how to tap the energy of women in its efforts to spur development, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen.

China also provides a valuable model of how the state - long held in low esteem by free-market philosophers - can play a key role in building a successful market economy, the Harvard professor argues.

Despite India's rapid economic growth rates over the last three decades, other areas of Indian society have been ignored, he asserts in his latest book.

See full Article: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/08/201385111816359698.html