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What are the two aspects of human development according to the Human Development paradigm?
What are the two aspects of human development according to the Human Development paradigm?
Formation of human capabilities and equitable access to human opportunities
According to the Human Development paradigm, people are both the means and the ends of development. What are the essential pillars of Human Development?
According to the Human Development paradigm, people are both the means and the ends of development. What are the essential pillars of Human Development?
What normative framework does the Capability Approach provide?
What normative framework does the Capability Approach provide?
A broad normative framework for the evaluation and assessment of individual well-being and social arrangements.
The Capability Approach in human development is a theory that can explain poverty and inequality.
The Capability Approach in human development is a theory that can explain poverty and inequality.
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The core characteristic of the Capability Approach is its focus on what people are effectively able to do and to be; that is, on their __________.
The core characteristic of the Capability Approach is its focus on what people are effectively able to do and to be; that is, on their __________.
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Human Development Paradigm
- Analyzes and understands development in terms of people
- Two aspects of human development:
- Formation of human capabilities
- Equitable access to human opportunities
- Human development paradigm encompasses all of society, not just the economy
- People are both the means and the ends of development
Essential Pillars of Human Development
- Efficiency: optimal use of existing resources to expand capabilities
- Equity: distributive justice between groups, such as women, ethnic minorities, and other disadvantaged groups
- Empowerment: people act as agents, individually and as groups, with the freedom to make decisions that affect their lives
- Sustainability: outcomes of the process should bring in improvements in social, political, and financial spheres of human life that endure over time
The Capability Approach
- A broad normative framework for evaluating and assessing individual well-being and social arrangements
- Provides theoretical foundations for human development paradigm
- Focuses on what people are effectively able to do and to be, i.e., their capabilities
Amartya Sen's Capability Approach
- Pioneered by Amartya Sen and further developed by philosophers and scholars
- Core characteristic is its focus on capabilities and freedom to achieve
Sen's Freedom-based Capability Approach
- Commodities → Capabilities → Choice → Achieved Functionings
- Personal and social conversion factors influence the conversion of commodities into capabilities
- Means to achieve → Freedom to achieve → Achievement
Core Concepts of Sen's Capability Approach
- Functioning: being or doing what an individual values and has reason to value
- Capability: an individual's freedom to enjoy various functionings
- Agency: an individual's ability to pursue and realize goals
Agency-Wellbeing and Freedom-Achievement
- AgencyFreedom → Well-being (Capabilities)
- Agency Achievement → Achievements (Functionings)
Violation of Human Freedom
- Violation of process freedom: being forced to do something even though it is an action an individual would have freely chosen
- Violation of opportunity freedom: forcing an individual to do what an individual does not like to do when that individual has any plausible alternative
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This quiz covers key features of human development paradigm, including the analysis of development in terms of people and the two aspects of human development.
