Dr. Amartya Sen
by Rameshraj[ Edit ] 2010-02-10 16:32:07
Dr. Amartya Sen - Nobel Prize for Economics (199
Amartya Sen was born in Bolpur, in West Bengal in 1933. He was honored with the Nobel Prize in 1988 for his work in Welfare economics. Sen is best known for his research on famines, his work on women-- the attention he has drawn to their unequal status in the developing world, and his calls for gender-specific aid programs.
