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H UMAN D EVELOPMENT “The basic objective of development is to create an enabling environment for people to enjoy long, healthy, and creative lives.” (UNDP 1990 p. 9) International Health & Development Hilary Term 2010TRANSCRIPT
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTHDEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTHILARY TERM 2010
THE CAPABILITY TO ACHIEVE HEALTH
PROOCHISTA ARIANA
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
A re-evaluation of how we interpret development and measure its success
Shift from focus on productivity or economic growth (means) to the enrichment of human lives (ends)
Recognizing the importance of means and appreciating productivity as significant but insufficient in enriching human lives
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
“The basic objective of development is to create an enabling environment for people to enjoy long, healthy, and
creative lives.” (UNDP 1990 p. 9)
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ENDS & MEANS
Many factors have both intrinsic and instrumental value
Have to clarify and justify what are the ends of interest and the possible means
Health and education are examples of factors that have both intrinsic and instrumental value
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INSTRUMENTAL VALUE
Economic growth (human capital approach)
Education (cognitive capacity) Employment Income earning potential Dignity Safety and Security
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INTRINSIC VALUE OF HEALTH
“the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being…” (World Health Organization)
“health is among the most important conditions of human life and a critically significant constituent of human capabilities which we have reason to value” (Sen, 2002)
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WHAT IS HEALTH
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity”
(WHO 1946)
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HEALTH INDICATORS
Life Expectancy Age-specific Mortality Prevalence of key diseases Anthropometry Self-rated health
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WHAT IS MISSING
Quality of Life How people themselves interpret health People’s own health values ‘health capabilities’
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ENRICHED HUMAN LIVES
Having accepted that development seeks to enrich human lives, how do we go
about assessing that enrichment
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Utility
Functionings(valued beings and doings)
Choices
Capabilities(Freedom to choose between
different functionings)
conversion factors (individual, social, environmental)
Resources
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RESOURCES
Commodities and services For example: food, income, schools,
hospitals, employment opportunities, etc. Can be social (i.e. publicly provided
goods and services) Or private (i.e. private income, land)
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CONVERSION FACTORS
Individual i.e. Age, gender, metabolic rate, energy expenditure, pregnancy, illness, knowledge, etc.
Social i.e. Social or familial dynamics (food distribution)
Institutional (formal or informal) i.e. Rules and regulations
Environmental i.e. Climate, infrastructure, etc.
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Utility
Functionings(valued beings and doings)
(Choices)
Capabilities(Freedom to choose between
different functionings)
(conversion factors: individual, social, environmental)
Resources
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CAPABILITIES
Set of possible vectors of functionings (given the resources and conversion factors)
Individual has the freedom to choose the functioning which they value and have reason to value
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Capabilities
PF-3PF-1 PF-4PF-2 PF-n
Achieved Functioning
PF=possible functionings (which make up the capability set)
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EXPANDING CAPABILITIES
‘Capabilities’ reflect individuals’ freedom to enjoy different ways of living
By expanding capabilities we will be enhancing peoples’ ability to enjoy the
lives that they value and have reason to value
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FUNCTIONINGS
Elemental Functionings Escaping morbidity & mortality Being adequately nourished Mobility
Complex Functionings Achieving self-respect Taking part in the life of the community Appearing in public without shame
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CHOICE
Information Values Social, cultural, religious norms, constraints
and expectations
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COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN HEALTH
Health (care) is profitable Pharmaceutical Advertising Nestle baby formula campaign
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MANUFACTURED PREFERENCES
Our preferences are often influenced by our social and cultural context but also subject to manipulation by commercial interests
Creation of ‘values’
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ADAPTIVE PREFERENCES
Individuals often adapt to their circumstances and fail to recognize their capability deprivation (their limited freedom to choose)
This may be due to lack of information or misinformation related to individual, social, cultural, institutional, and/or political factors
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POWER AND PARTICIPATION
Can affect conversion factors (how we are able to translate given resource inputs into valued health outputs)
Can influence choices (power and exclusion can- often implicitly- limit the choices available)
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INFORMATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
Necessitates information beyond the conventional ones of resources on one
end and utility on the other
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OPERATIONALIZING THE CAPABILITY APPROACH
Choice of dimensions (what capabilities to measure)
Measuring the dimensions Aggregating across dimensions
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WHAT CAPABILITIES
While Sen acknowledges that capabilities must be identified and valued he refrains from developing a list
Different lists are appropriate in different situations
According to Sen, the selection of capabilities is a value-judgement that ought to be made explicit- through local public debates or participatory processes
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There is considerable disagreement about what constitutes a ‘good life’ and therefore different views about what capabilities are important to measure
Nevertheless, there are numerous lists proposing a basic set of capabilities
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_____OPHI, August 2007_____
Finnis (1985)Basic Human Values
Rawls (1993)Basic Liberties
Nussbaum (1998)Basic Human Capabilities
Bodily life (health, vigour, safety)
Freedom of movement Life
Knowledge Freedom of association Bodily health
Skilful performance in work & play
Freedom of occupational choice
Bodily integrity
Friendship Powers and prerogatives Sense, thought imagination
Practical reasonableness Income and wealth Emotions
Self-integration The social basis of self-respect
Practical reason
Harmony with ultimate source of reality
Position of responsibility in political & economic institutions
Affiliation
Other species
Play
Control over ones environment (political and material)
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MEASURING CAPABILITIES
Evaluate achieved functionings Objective: life-expectancy, educational achievement
Subjective: perceived achievements Discern capabilities directly
Surveying perceptions of and/or satisfaction with freedoms and opportunities
Assess capabilities indirectly Measurement of agency/coercion
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ACHIEVED FUNCTIONINGS
The valuable ‘beings or doings’ that an individual has realised
The evident and measurable functioning(s) used as a proxy for capabilities
Assuming that given optimal freedom to choose, an individual would achieve this functioning
Most common means to operationalise the CA Human Development Index is an example of
this
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SURVEYED CAPABILITIES
Direct survey of an individual’s perceived ability to achieve a set of basic functionings (i.e. those laid out by Nussbaum)
Expressed abilities may convey more the personality type or adaptability rather than the capabilities as such
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AUTONOMY/AGENCY
For each domain, measure the degree of coercion or autonomy in deriving at a functioning
For a particular functioning, ‘I feel I freely endorse it’ (or – ‘I feel coerced’)
Indirect assessment allows for an external/objective valuation
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CHALLENGES
Psychometric issues relating to validity of survey instrument
Validity where there is no gold-standard Complex and dynamic nature of
preferences Adaptive preferences
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AGGREGATING ACROSS DIMENSIONS
Once we have decided on what capabilities to measure and found means of
measuring them, how then do we conduct our analysis given the multi-
dimensionality and the often incompatible nature of the dimensions
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MULTIDIMENSIONAL INDICES
Human Development Index (1990) Watts Index (2007 – Chakravarty) Tsui index (2002) Bourguignon and Chakravarty index
(2003) Maasoumi and Lugo (2007) Alkire and Foster (2007)
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QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
What is the main health area of concern for the population within which you work
How do your programmes address this health issue
What are the health concerns according to the ‘target population/communities’
How could you approach health using the capability framework
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YOUR THOUGHTS
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