"Apostles of Development offers an analytical history of international development through the lives and work of six of its most distinguished practitioners. These so-called "Apostles" were all born in the 1930s as subjects of Britain's South Asian empire; after education there they all studied...

An analysis of the endemic deprivation in India based on a broad view of economic development which focuses on social opportunity, rather than the standard indicators of economic growth, and evaluates economic success in the light of development experiences in other countries.

Professor Amartya Sen has been a distinguished and influential scholar in development economics for over twenty years, and this edited volume seeks to reflect his interests, and the inspiration he has provided for others. Contributors include: Kenneth Arrow, A. B. Atkinson and Pranab Bardhan.