What is Amartya Sen’s capability approach to development and poverty?
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Sen argues that social evaluation should be based on the extent of the freedoms that people have to further the objectives that they value. Poverty in this framework becomes a ‘capability failure’ – people’s lack of the
capabilities to enjoy key ‘beings and doings’ that are basic to human life.