In this classificatory essay I present five main types of multidimensionality in the recent literature on poverty and human development. The first is intra-economic multidimensionality. Income, aggregate or individual, is accompanied with distribution, assets, employment, or other dimensions. By...

It is often supposed that those who base their view of the world upon perceived religious truth and those who do not will be unable to engage in deep and mutual conversation, for their basic assumptions are just too different. In this paper I compare the views of Amartya Sen and Gustavo...

The most important influence of public debt payments on the Health Sector policy occurs through its impact on the budget. This paper suggests that debt payments contribute to: a) reduce the access of the poor, b) increase the inequality of access, c) the increasing vulnerability of the more...

In this paper we analyze the meaning of four concepts, subsistence, needs, wants and preferences from the viewpoint of their association with the concepts of life sustenance and freedom. Our aim is to show that the concentration by mainstream economic theory in the last two allows it to avoid...

Aborda las teorías del crecimiento en economías con énfasis en los factores de oferta.Asimismo, detalla los enfoques que, desde la vertiente keynesiana, insisten en la importancia decisiva de los factores de demanda.

Aborda las teorías del crecimiento en economías con énfasis en los factores de oferta.Asimismo, detalla los enfoques que, desde la vertiente keynesiana, insisten en la importancia decisiva de los factores de demanda.

Aborda las teorías del crecimiento en economías con énfasis en los factores de oferta.Asimismo, detalla los enfoques que, desde la vertiente keynesiana, insisten en la importancia decisiva de los factores de demanda.

Aborda las teorías del crecimiento en economías con énfasis en los factores de oferta.Asimismo, detalla los enfoques que, desde la vertiente keynesiana, insisten en la importancia decisiva de los factores de demanda.