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1 WELFARE, WELL-BEING, AND NEEDS 1 The Conception of the Person, 3 Gender and Development, 23 A Rich Conception of the Person, 28 Notes, 32 2 WHAT IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? 35 Goals of Economic Development, 37 What Is an Economy? 39 Concepts of Growth, Inequality, and Poverty, 51 Data and Outcomes, 59 Notes, 64 3 GOALS AND STRATEGIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 67 Instruments of Economic Development Policy, 67 Existing Economic Development Strategies, 70 Progressive Economic Development, 74 A Comparison of Development Strategies, 82 What Obstacles Stand in the Way of Progressive Economic Development? 86 Notes, 88 4 JUSTICE 91 Economic Justice, 94 Institutions, 105 Public Policy and Social Welfare, 120 Conclusions, 123 Notes, 124 5 HUMAN RIGHTS 125 What Is a Right? 125 Candidates for Universal Human Rights, 134 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 142 Cultural Specificity of Rights? 147 Human Rights and Development Ethics, 150 Notes, 152 6 AID, TRADE, AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 153 Globalization, 155 International Aid, 170 A Role for the Ethical Citizen, 181 Notes, 187 7 DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT 189 The Issues of Primary Environmental Concern, 190 The Value Issues, 193 Goals, 204 Sustainable Development, 205 Conflicts Between Environmental Goals and Economic Development, 207 Means of Preserving Environmental Goods, 212 Notes, 217 8 DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT 219 What Is Democracy? 220 Institutional Issues, 231 Democracy and the Poor, 243 Notes, 244