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  1. What are HD & the CA?

    …85), ‘Well-Being Agency and Freedom: The Dewey Lectures 1984’, Journal of Philosophy, 82(4): 169–221. UNDP (2012), Human Development Report: The Real Wealth of Nations, http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2010/…

  2. News and Events from the Early Career Researchers and Practitioners Network (ECRPN)

    …through Prof. Melanie Walker’s generous endorsement and support, and especially to all the mentors who have stepped up to join the program! c) News from the Early Career Researchers and Practitioners Network Hurrah! We have a new coordinator! Please welcome Meaghan Malloy, our new coordinator for the ECRPN network. Meaghan is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Education, University College London’s faculty of education and society. Together, we w…

  3. 2024 HDCA Conference – Kolkata, India

    September 24-26, 2024

    Hosted by the Pratichi (India) Trust, the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK), and Health Information Systems Program (HISP)

    “Crises, Capabilities and Commitment”

    The 2024 HDCA conference has special significance as 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of HDCA. The conference is being held in Kolkata, West Bengal, India – home of the first HDCA president, Professor Amartya Sen. The conference theme of Crises, Capabilities and Commitment has been chosen because the inter-linkages between these three ideas require in depth discussion.

    Many multi-faceted crises assail us. Some are global in scope, linked with the assault on our environment, violent conflicts, pandemics and humanitarian challenges. Some crises emerge from episodic events. Others emerge less dramatically linked with a backlash to transformations in social relations, or technologies. Crises, both episodic and cumulative, reveal deep inequalities in capabilities. Crises may be associated with both ‘loud’ and ‘silent’ capability deprivations, in areas such as education, health, disability, political participation and wellbeing. The immediate and visible fallout from crises may precipitate further inequalities in capabilities linked to loss of income and employment, inequity, food insecurity malnutrition, and polarization between groups. The conference will be a setting to discuss the forms of commitment needed to analyze and address many interlinked crises and their stress on capabilities.

     

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