🌅 IMSPARK: A New Pacific Perspective on Poverty and Inequality🌅

🌅 Imagine... A New Pacific Perspective on Poverty and Inequality🌅

💡 Imagined Endstate:

Imagine a future where Pacific islanders are not only free from material deprivation, but also empowered to pursue their valued goals and aspirations. A future where human development is measured not by income or consumption, but by the capabilities and opportunities that people have to live a life they value.

🔗 Link:

Poverty, Inequality and Development: A Discussion from the Capability Approach’s Framework

📚 Source:

Alkire, S. (2010). Poverty, inequality and development: A discussion from the capability approach’s framework. In J. Soler, F. Sabaté, & J. Serrano (Eds.), Open Mind: Philosophy and the Mind Sciences in the 21st Century (pp. 133-164). MIT Press.

💥 What’s the Big Deal:

The capability approach is a normative framework that focuses on what people are able to do and be, rather than what they have or lack.🌴 It challenges the conventional views of poverty and inequality that rely on income or consumption indicators, 🌺 and instead proposes multidimensional and participatory approaches that respect the diversity and agency of human beings. 🌊Applying the capability approach to the Pacific context can help us understand the complex and interrelated challenges that Pacific islanders face, such as climate change, health, education, gender, culture, and governance, and design policies and interventions that enhance their capabilities and freedoms 🙌.

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