INDEV100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Welfarism

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: International Development
• Course: INDEV100
• Professor: Prateep Kumar Nayak

Document Summary

There 6 approaches to development including: the welfarist school / approach, the basic needs school, the capability school / approach, human development approach, development as freedom approach, human rights approach. Welfarism is defined as the propositio(cid:374) that the (cid:858)good(cid:374)ess(cid:859) of a(cid:374)y situatio(cid:374) (cid:271)e judged solely o(cid:374) the basis of the utility levels attained by individuals in that situation. In other words, judging the goodness of states of affairs only by utility information. This approach refers to when one or more persons do not attain a level of economic well-being deemed to constitute a reasonable minimum by the standards of that society. This can either refer to economic welfare or social welfare. The perspective of capabilities provides a fuller recognition of the variety of ways in which lives can be enriched or impoverished. This is a pro(cid:272)ess of e(cid:374)largi(cid:374)g people(cid:859)s (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)es a(cid:374)d e(cid:374)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)i(cid:374)g hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:272)apa(cid:271)ilities. This can be measured through the human development index (hdi)