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Resources, Values And Development by Amartya Sen - Exam
Contributed by: Dixon
  • 1. Which concept is central to Sen's approach to development?
A) Capabilities
B) Inflation
C) Profit
D) Capital
  • 2. What does Sen argue is more important than income in assessing human well-being?
A) Functionings and capabilities
B) Wealth distribution
C) Employment rates
D) GDP per capita
  • 3. In Sen's framework, what does 'agency' refer to?
A) Market participation
B) The ability to act on one's own behalf
C) Passive acceptance
D) Economic self-interest
  • 4. What is one of Sen's major contributions to understanding hunger?
A) Famine as a failure of entitlements
B) Famine as a result of population growth
C) Famine as a result of climate change
D) Famine as a natural disaster
  • 5. What critiques does Sen make of traditional welfare economics?
A) Neglect of individual capabilities
B) Inflation control
C) Complex tax systems
D) Focus on macroeconomic indicators
  • 6. What is the 'capability approach' concerned with?
A) Redistributing wealth
B) Maximizing economic output
C) Increasing production capacities
D) Enhancing individual freedoms and opportunities
  • 7. Which book by Sen discusses the idea of capabilities extensively?
A) Principles of Economics
B) The Wealth of Nations
C) Capital in the Twenty-First Century
D) Development as Freedom
  • 8. What does Sen identify as crucial for expanding people's capabilities?
A) Tax cuts
B) Foreign investments
C) Trade agreements
D) Education
  • 9. Sen emphasizes the importance of which type of justice?
A) Retributive justice
B) Legal justice
C) Economic justice
D) Social justice
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