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Jayshree Sengupta (October 9, 1943 — April 19, 2020) was a noted Indian economic journalist and author. Her work focused primarily on the Indian economy and women’s issues in development. She was especially concerned with the lack of social and economic recognition of women’s work.
Jayshree advocated a focus on development, not on growth alone. She wrote consistently on the subject of women’s economic participation and empowerment in India; she argued that national agricultural policies in India have neglected women farmers.
Her articles have appeared in English-language Indian dailies, including ''
Times of India
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'', ''Economic Times'', ''
Hindustan Times
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It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyall ...
'', ''
Business Standard
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'', and ''
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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''.
Jayshree authored and edited several books, including ''A Nation in Transition: Understanding the Indian Economy'' (Academic Foundation, 2007) and (edited with Sandro Sideri) ''The 1992 Single European Market and the Third World''. She also co-authored the 1989 World Bank report, ''Economic Adjustment in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia, and Turkey''.
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Her expert opinion on the Indian economy was cited by numerous international media outlets, such as the BBC World Service, and the ''Financial Times''.
At the time of her death, she was a Senior Fellow with the
Observer Research Foundation
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) is an independent global think tank based in Delhi, India. The foundation has three centres in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. ORF provides potentially viable inputs for policy and decision-makers in the Indian ...
(ORF).
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1943 births
2020 deaths
20th-century Indian journalists
Indian women journalists