Amartya Sen looks at people's well-being in terms of functioning and freedom, rather than in
terms of the amount of goods or services consumed. The capability approach, developed by …

This paper explores the contribution of the Capability Approach of Amartya Sen and other
authors to policy making in the specific case of disability policy. After reviewing existing …

This article explores the importance of and value added by applying the capability approach
to strategize, design, monitor or evaluate development initiatives, by operationalizing this …

This paper examines, first, the conditions under which irrigating farmers are being alienated
from their water through a state-led process of dispossession, and then, second, details the …

The soon‐to‐be completed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which will be the
largest hydroelectric power plant and among the largest reservoirs in Africa, has highlighted …

This paper examines the scope for a rights-based perspective on the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) by focusing on right to water. The paper adapts Hohfeldian …

The complexity of water management requires an explanatory framework that is able to
capture the multidimensionality of the relations between nature and society increasingly …

As we have seen in Chapter 1, the operationalization of the capability approach (CA) has
not been an easy task. While the CA has been used as an alternative programming and …

The importance of cooperation on transboundary waters is stated as a target in the United
Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG6: water). Cooperation on …

Purpose This article aims to contribute to the literature linking the three pillars of sustainable
development with the human development field. To do so, it analyzes how a group of …