Cosbey, Aaron (2004) A Capabilities approach to trade and sustainable development: Using sen's conception of development to re-examine the debates. International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada. ISBN 1-895536-53-7
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This paper is a thought piece that accepts the thinking of Amartya Sen on the subject of development, and asks what that new conception of development means for the subject of trade and sustainable development. The paper begins by briefly outlining the current conceptions of the trade and sustainable development relationship, deriving from it an implicit definition of development. Sen defines development as those freedoms that allow individuals to pursue that which they have cause to value. So education and good health are forms of development, since they free individuals to be able to pursue their life goals, whatever they may be. Other types of freedom include democracy and free speech; the opportunity to buy and sell what one wishes on fair terms; openness and honesty in government and business dealings; law and order; and a social safety net. The goal of this paper is to ask how trade and trade liberalisation might contribute to the achievement of sustainable development.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Class Number: | 410.CAP001 |
| Keywords: | Trade, Sustainable Development, Markets, Income, Economy, Governance, Trade Liberalisation, Services, Social Capital, Trade Policy |
| Subjects: | Fisheries Trade |
| Depositing User: | Chitti Babu ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2022 06:38 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 06:38 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/9199 |
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