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Thinking about Later Life: Insights from the Capability Approach [PDF]

Ageing Int, 2018
A major criticism of mainstream gerontological frameworks is the inability of such frameworks to appreciate and incorporate issues of diversity and difference in engaging with experiences of aging.
A Clarke, A Crocker David, A Grenier, A Sen, A Sen, A Sen, A Zaidi, A Zaidi, AK Sen, AM Grenier, B Zimmerman, C Deeming, C Gilleard, C Oldman, C Phillipson, C Stephens, CL Estes, D Massey, DA Clark, E Portacolone, E Raymond, E Sadler, E Sointu, G Wilson, H Dean, I Grewal, I Robeyns, I Robeyns, I Robeyns, I Robeyns, J Baars, J McMullin, J Twigg, J Wiles, J Wolff, L Terzi, M Bernard, M Breheny, M Breheny, M Holstein, M Martinson, M Minkler, M Qizilbash, Manik Gopinath, MF Byskov, ML Smith, N Moran, R Gilroy, R Pain, RL Rubinstein, S Alkire, S Biggs, S Deneulin, S Deneulin, S Katz, S Mitra, S Pickard, T Calasanti, T Calasanti, T Pogge, T. Calasanti, V Timonen, VA Entwistle   +62 more
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“We struggle with the earth everyday”: parents’ perspectives on the capabilities for healthy child growth in haor region of Bangladesh

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Childhood stunting is an important public health problem in the haor region of Bangladesh. Haor areas are located in the north-eastern part of the country and are vulnerable to seasonal flooding.
Barnali Chakraborty, Sepideh Yousefzadeh, Shrinivas Darak, Hinke Haisma   +3 more
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Using the Capability Approach to Review the National Legislative Frameworks for Support Services for Persons with Disabilities in Four Countries in Asia

Societies, 2022
Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (UN CRPD) requires countries to harmonise their legislative frameworks with it. This paper investigates the national legislative frameworks of four Asian countries
Shivani Gupta, Agnes Meershoek, Luc P. de Witte   +2 more
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A Capability Approach to talent management [PDF]

, 2006
This paper takes a fresh and radical look at organisational talent management strategies. It offers a critique of some of the prevalent assumptions underpinning certain talent management practices, in particular those fuelled by the narratives of ...
Downs, Yvonne, Swailes, Stephen
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PRECARIOUS, MORE PRECARIOUS, MOST PRECARIOUS? THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF WASTE PICKERS IN THE KAROO

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2021
Towns in the Karoo region currently offer few income‑generating opportunities, resulting in people seeking informal waste‑picking opportunities on the streets and landfills. This article aims to investigate the level of precariousness of waste pickers in
Rinie Schenck, Kotie Viljoen, Derick Blaauw   +2 more
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Entrepreneurship and Human Development: An International Analysis

Revista Brasileira de Gestão De Negócios, 2020
Purpose – This study aims to analyze the impact on human development of rates of innovative entrepreneurship and necessity entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach – Our empirical study is based on samples from countries with information about ...
José Antonio Camacho Ballesta, Bladimir José de la Hoz Rosales, Ignacio Tamayo Torres   +2 more
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Applying the Capability Approach to Improve the Quality of Medical Laboratory Test Results

Journal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, 2022
Good medical laboratory test result relies on the appropriate quality assurance techniques, quality control mechanism, and quality management practices used in the laboratory.
Kishor Khanal
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On Capability Approach, Poverty and Corruption

SHS Web of Conferences, 2014
The core of development is to face up with the challenge of the issue of poverty, which directly is associated with the ultimate goal of social, political and economic development.
Daojiu Hu
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An extension of the capability approach

Alter, 2011
In this paper, we introduce a framework that is an extension of the capability approach of Amartya Sen to analyse the concept of disability in a dynamic context for the disabled person. We build a theory of “dis-capability,” according to which we define as disabled someone who has a limited capability set compared to his/her objectives, ambitions and ...
BELLANCA, NICOLO', BIGGERI, MARIO, MARCHETTA, FRANCESCA   +2 more
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Children's Human Capabilities and Child Maltreatment

Journal de Ciencias Sociales, 2020
There are no known studies that have explored a conceptual basis for valorizing child maltreatment as a human development impediment using the Human Capability Approach.
Clementia Eugene, Tobi L. G. Graafsma
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