Development as Capability Expansion

By Amartya Sen, S. Fukuda‐Parr. 2003

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Measuring Non-Economic Well-Being Achievement (2005, methodology): “340 (6)For our current purposes income is seen as a well-being or welfare indicator in its own right, hence the use of the Atkinson formula. But it is also seen as a means for converting economic well-being into non-economic well-being. Allowing for diminishing returns is justified given the bounded”
The Ability to go about Without Shame: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators of Shame and Humiliation (2007, neutral): “He repeatedly refers to Adam Smith’s remark that linen shirts and leather shoes were necessary, in the England of his day, in order to go about without shame (Sen, 2000, 1990, 1984a, b, p. 332).”
From food availability to nutritional capabilities: Advancing food security analysis (2016, background): “Seeing hunger as entitlement failure points to possible remedies as well as helping us to understand the forces that generate hunger and sustain it [Drèze and Sen, 1989: 24.]”
Marital Violence, Human Development and Women's Property Status in India (2005, background): “Singh (1994), Lawyers Collective Women’s Rights Initiative (2000), Agnes (1992), and Misra (1999).”
Sen's Capability Approach to Welfare Economics (2004, background): “Capability reflects a person’s freedom to choose between different ways of living" (Sen [64]:5).”
Beyond Self-Interest Revisited (2006, positive): “…confirm that assumptions are the starting point of research programmes and illuminate the adequate methods to be used, as acknowledged by not only management scholars (Argyris, 1973; Herzberg et al., 1959; McGregor, 1957) but also Nobel-laureates (Sen, 1990a; Simon, 1985; Hayek, 1974).”
Agency and Empowerment: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators (2007, neutral): “17 Drèze & Sen (1989), for a fuller description see Alkire 2007.”