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Amartya Sen: Development Economics in the Next 30 Years

Geoff Riley

3rd December 2015

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Nobel laureate Amartya Sen talks about key issues in development research over the last 30 years. In a world of one priority you miss out a lot of things – we need to take again a WIDER view on a range of issues like climate change, human development, and nuclear energy.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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