Thus, enlarging opportunities which enable people to have and lead the kind of lives they have reason to value come hand in hand with the support of acquiring functioning. Sen proposes capability approach as the foundation of creating public policy. This is related to the concept of justice, particularly the informational base which influences its conception.
Putting the expansion of freedom as the principal means and the primary end of development calls for an ideal foundation in public policy formulation. Sen puts more attention to the process of development, rather than just the outcome. The latter sees the achievement of freedom is actualized through the free agency of people.įreedom is both means and end of development–which Sen denotes as “principal means” and “primary end.” This differs from the common views of development which formulate public policy and evaluate development progress based on economic growth. The former means that assessing the progress of development is based on the enhancement of people’s freedoms. This argument is based on evaluative and effectiveness reasons. Sen argues that development is ideally seen as the process of expanding freedoms. Decades after its initial publication, Sen’s work is still relevant in the discourse of development as well as useful in public policy formulation. This book has received both support and criticism from academia and practitioner alike. Published in the 1999, Development As Freedom by Amartya Sen posits a different framework of development analysis.
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