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China had managed to reduce their fertility to a large extent because of basic expansion of women's education, not because of the one-child family.

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Amartya Sen
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: November 3
Economist
Philosopher
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Shantiniketan
Amartya Kumar Sen
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Being able to read, write, do your sums really transforms a human being.
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Belonging to humanity is a great thing for us, and I think the schools can do it. So I think we can look after the quality of education on the school even as we expand the availability of schooling.
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[Globalization] has enriched the world scientifically and culturally and benefited many people economically as well.
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the identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute
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No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.
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It is also very engaging - and a delight - to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not only my old home, but also where some of my closest friends and collaborators live and work.
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A defeated argument that refuses to be obliterated can remain very alive.
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The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for their own sake. They expand our freedom to lead the lives we have reason to value, and these elementary capabilities are of importance on their own
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I don’t think that India is much celebrated for its democracy. Democracy has been a very neglected commodity at home and abroad.
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We might have reason to be driven! We live for a short stretch of time in a world we share with others. Virtually everything we do is dependent on others, from the arts and culture to farmers who grow the food we eat.
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When the government is trying to penny-pinch and, at the same time, trying to keep a defense expenditure and so forth, which are regarded as quote unquote essential, the education is regarded inessential.
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