4 Quotes by Jean Dreze

Much else than liberalization has happened in the nineties (in India)

What is remarkable is not the media's interest in growth rates, but its near-silence about the fact that the growth process is so biased, making the country look more and more like islands of California in a sea of sub-Saharan Africa.

The most startling aspect of the nutrition situation in India is that it is not much of an issue in public debates and electoral politics.

The government can’t get away with large-scale famine, but it can get away with chronic hunger. It has become an accepted part of life in India.