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Capability Approach: A Formal Introduction

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  • Dorian Fernando LEON

    (Faculty of Economics and Management, University Industrial of Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.)

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The capability approach has been made operable and an example is the Human Development Index and the Multidimensional Poverty Index (Dotter & Klasen, 2014). However, its operable nature in the field of evaluation of specific dimension such as education, gender and poverty from a diffuse perspective is even broader (Addabbo, Di Tommaso & Facchinetti, 2004; Martinetti, 2006; Addabbo & Facchinetti, 2013). In this sense, this article aims to provide a very brief formal aproximation to the capability approach, mainly focusing on some their fundamental concepts.

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  • Dorian Fernando LEON, 2017. "Capability Approach: A Formal Introduction," Journal of Economics and Political Economy, KSP Journals, vol. 4(2), pages 215-218, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ksp:journ1:v:4:y:2017:i:2:p:215-218
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    Keywords

    Capability approach; Functioning; Amartya Sen.;
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    JEL classification:

    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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