Human Development Measurements using the Capabilities Approach

Purpose:

To study the concept of capabilities approach as developed by A. Sen and M. Nussbaum. Nobel Prize winner A. Sen has helped to make the capabilities approach the foundation of the indices created by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to measure human development. The series of indices to measure human development created by UNDP, in addition to income includes achievements in health and education.

Objectives :

1. To understand why the Human Development Reports are based on the concept of capabilities approach
2. To evaluate and contrast other ways in which human economic development can be measured

Readings:

From the list of references provided in the syllabus, the following are of special interest:

Harding, R. and L. Wantchekon. 2010. “The Political Economy of Human Development.” Human Development Research Paper 29. UNDP-HDRO, New York.

Nussbaum, M. 2000. Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach. Cambridge: University Press.

Osmani, S.B. 2005. “Poverty and Human Rights: Building on the Capability Approach.” Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 6(2):105-19.

Ranis, G. and F. Stewart. 2000. “Strategies for Success in Human Development.” Journal of Human Development 1(1):49-70.

_____. 2010. “Success and Failure in Human Development, 1970-2007.” Human Development Research Paper 10. UNDP-HDRO. New York.

Sen, A. 2005. “Human Rights and Capabilities.” Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 6(2): 155-66.
Assignments

Submit to the Assignment Dropbox your research report in which you will explain the capabilities approach as developed by A. Sen. Which are the most basic capabilities? Why these capabilities are important to determine human development? How the Human Development Reports incorporate capabilities as they measure human development? (25 points)

 
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