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Amartya Sen, the World Bank, and the Redress of Urban Poverty: A Brazilian Case Study

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  • Alexandre Apsan Frediani

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While there is some suggestion of a re-orientation in the World Bank's income-cantered conceptualization of poverty to one based on Amartya Sen's concept of 'development as freedom', it is hard to uncover definitive evidence of such a re-orientation from a study of the Bank's urban programmes in Brazil. This paper attempts an application of Sen's capability approach to the problem of improving the urban quality of life, and contrasts it with the World Bank's approach, with specific reference to a typical squatter upgrading project in Novos Alagados in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.

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  • Alexandre Apsan Frediani, 2007. "Amartya Sen, the World Bank, and the Redress of Urban Poverty: A Brazilian Case Study," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(1), pages 133-152.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jhudca:v:8:y:2007:i:1:p:133-152
    DOI: 10.1080/14649880601101473
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    2. White, Leroy, 2018. "A Cook's tour: Towards a framework for measuring the social impact of social purpose organisations," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 268(3), pages 784-797.
    3. Zhenshan Yang, 2019. "Threshold Effect of Poverty Alleviation Funds on Human Capital Accumulation: A Case Study of Impoverished Counties in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-12, February.
    4. Judit Gébert & Zoltán Bajmócy & György Málovics & Judit Juhász & Boglárka Méreiné Berki, 2023. "The role of moral values in urban planning: Can the capability approach make a contribution?," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 15(2), pages 357-370, April.

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