Amartya Sen

Globalization is a complex issue, partly because economic globalization is only one part of it. Globalization is greater global closeness, and that is cultural, social, political, as well as economic.

The level of people’s well-being is not merely defined by income and wealth, but by their capabilities and opportunities for improvement.

Human development, as an approach, is concerned with what I take to be the basic development idea: namely, advancing the richness of human life, rather than the richness of the economy in which human beings live, which is only a part of it.

The identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute.

Imparting education not only enlightens the receiver, but also broadens the giver – the teachers, the parents, the friends.

Education could be a great vehicle for gender equity. It allows people to see what your rights are by reading. Quite often women, for example, may have rights that they are not in the position to actually make use of.