INTD 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Transitional Justice, Maternal Death, Millennium Development Goals

• School: McGill University
• Department: International Development
• Course: INTD 200
• Professor: Darin Barney

Document Summary

Human dimensions of poverty: remember human dimensions of poverty, conventional development discourse focuses on one dimensional measurement (income, keyword: human development discourse. Lots of keywords: understand linkage between capabilities and notion of human rights, when we talk about human rights: very abstract, reading"s argument is important to understand *** hard to understand, cultural relativism** Key thinkers: amartya sen: harvard economist, institutionalized notion of multi-dimensional capabilities, measurement, mahbub ul-haq: how do we measure capability (multi-dimensional aspect of development): introduced hdi. Theoretical roots: human needs: significant, key argument that income increases, through reduction of poverty etc. Different aspects, multi-dimensionality in dev"t approach: similar to e. g. hdi: hdi: based on education, life expectancy, income, however, have to think about the difference between hd and basic human needs. Capabilities and human rights: gender inequality: important example of how we can specify/conceptualize notions of human rights.