Sen's concept of capabilities is rooted in welfare theory. For the development economist it has immediate, if somewhat … lenuous, appeal on counts. First, the concept provides an ethical basis for evaluating development from the stand point of … dichotomy in the pursuit of economic development. [Working Paper No. 275] …

In this paper the diverse dimensions of gender development are examined using individual indicators for the districts …, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh. Using a selected set of indicators, the levels of women’s development in … ranking exercise that highlights relative levels of development or backwardness. [CWDS] …

The paper addresses the issues of contribution of aids towards human development and the efficiency of such aids in … poorer countries, assessing if there is cross-country evidence for an effective human development by financing public …

of the nation to the holistic development of the young people of the country. This document aims to reinforce existing …

The present study emphasizes on independent variable analysis in assessing gender development at the disaggregated … district level to account for problems such as the major contradiction facing this century which relates to development sans …, the second section deals with some of the debates and measures of development indicators. Section three presents the …