We compute a Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for Uganda following the specification by Alkire and Santos and the general approach of Alkire and Forster. Using household survey data we show how the incidence of multi-dimensional poverty has fallen in recent years and we use the...

The idea of intergenerational justice has practical consequences, not least because it is linked to the politically influential, wide-ranging concept of sustainable development. It also bears on several philosophical puzzles arising in the context of intergenerational justice. They need to be...

<title>A<sc>bstract</sc> </title>This paper analyses four renewable energy-based electrification projects that were implemented by the non-governmental organization Practical Action in the rural area of Cajamarca, Peru. Using the capability approach, the research examines the effect of the projects on the things people...

<italic>This article connects human development thinking to the operational realities of project design and management. It explores how externally supported projects influence the local participants' autonomy, considering that enhanced autonomy promotes long-run development effectiveness. Evidence from...</italic>

The main argument of this paper is that progress towards gender equality and women's empowerment in the development agenda requires a human rights-based approach, and requires support for the women's movement to activate and energize the agenda. Both are missing from Millennium Development Goal...

This article inquires into what have been the normative and empirical impacts of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 8's choice of targets and indicators on human rights. It identifies some principles on the duty of international cooperation for the achievement of human rights and applies them...

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 agency-oriented (participatory) and opportunity-based perspective and by widening standard methods to deal with...