How to Evaluate Local Economic Development Projects from a People-Centred Perspective? An Analytical Framework Based on the Capability Approach
The present paper argues that the capability approach of Amartya Sen provides a meaningful contribution in understanding, evaluating and improving the well-being effects of local development projects. It focuses on what people can actually achieve, instead of what they have; and places equal attenti...
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| description | The present paper argues that the capability approach of Amartya Sen provides a meaningful contribution in understanding, evaluating and improving the well-being effects of local development projects. It focuses on what people can actually achieve, instead of what they have; and places equal attention to the process and the outcomes of the development process. The paper develops an analytical framework to evaluate local development projects, which is fine-tuned for middle and high income settings and allows comparison between cases. The framework is applied to three local development projects in a middle-sized city in Hungary. We found that the rich informational basis of the capability-based perspective helps to identify the places for intervention: the barriers, which prevent people from actually using the newly created means (the results of the development projects), and the valued options of citizens either unaddressed or neglected by the development projects. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a477741f76844dccb17364e0846718fa2025-02-02T12:50:01ZcesUniversity of South BohemiaDETUROPE1821-25062017-10-0192424How to Evaluate Local Economic Development Projects from a People-Centred Perspective? An Analytical Framework Based on the Capability ApproachJudit Gébert0Zoltán Bajmócy1György Málovics2University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business AdministrationUniversity of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business AdministrationUniversity of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business AdministrationThe present paper argues that the capability approach of Amartya Sen provides a meaningful contribution in understanding, evaluating and improving the well-being effects of local development projects. It focuses on what people can actually achieve, instead of what they have; and places equal attention to the process and the outcomes of the development process. The paper develops an analytical framework to evaluate local development projects, which is fine-tuned for middle and high income settings and allows comparison between cases. The framework is applied to three local development projects in a middle-sized city in Hungary. We found that the rich informational basis of the capability-based perspective helps to identify the places for intervention: the barriers, which prevent people from actually using the newly created means (the results of the development projects), and the valued options of citizens either unaddressed or neglected by the development projects.http://www.deturope.eu/file_download.php?type=2&item=180Capability approachlocal developmentanalytical frameworkopportunity aspectprocess aspect |
| spellingShingle | Judit Gébert Zoltán Bajmócy György Málovics How to Evaluate Local Economic Development Projects from a People-Centred Perspective? An Analytical Framework Based on the Capability Approach DETUROPE Capability approach local development analytical framework opportunity aspect process aspect |
| title | How to Evaluate Local Economic Development Projects from a People-Centred Perspective? An Analytical Framework Based on the Capability Approach |
| title_full | How to Evaluate Local Economic Development Projects from a People-Centred Perspective? An Analytical Framework Based on the Capability Approach |
| title_fullStr | How to Evaluate Local Economic Development Projects from a People-Centred Perspective? An Analytical Framework Based on the Capability Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | How to Evaluate Local Economic Development Projects from a People-Centred Perspective? An Analytical Framework Based on the Capability Approach |
| title_short | How to Evaluate Local Economic Development Projects from a People-Centred Perspective? An Analytical Framework Based on the Capability Approach |
| title_sort | how to evaluate local economic development projects from a people centred perspective an analytical framework based on the capability approach |
| topic | Capability approach local development analytical framework opportunity aspect process aspect |
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