490 likes | 772 Views
2. Introduction to Human Development. Aim to provide brief overview of historical evolution of ideas leading to HD.Note key antecedents Basic Needs (BN) and Capabilities.Contrast between these.Present main features of HD approachWhat difference does it make?HD and economic growthDimensions o
E N D
1. Human Development as an alternative development paradigm
Frances Stewart
2. 2 Introduction to Human Development Aim to provide brief overview of historical evolution of ideas leading to HD.
Note key antecedents – Basic Needs (BN) and Capabilities.
Contrast between these.
Present main features of HD approach
What difference does it make?
HD and economic growth
Dimensions of HD beyond the HDI
How does it relate to other dominant strategies
3. 3 The logic of changing strategies Not just a matter of fashion.
A cyclical rational process – starts with ‘facts’ of situation; gives rise to theories and to new policies; policies affect situation; hence new ‘facts’.
There is a dialectical or cyclical interaction between events, thought, policies and events.
4. 4