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  1. Multidimensional poverty measurement in the post-2015 development context – live webcast of side-event at the UN General Assembly

    …data. Confirmed speakers at the event on 24 September include: Colombia: Bruce Mac Master, Director, Department of Social Prosperity Germany: Gudrun Kopp, Parliamentary Secretary of State Mexico: Gonzalo Hernandez, Director of the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (CONEVAL) Philippines: Arsenio Balisacan, Minister of Socioeconomic Planning Morocco: Ahmed Lahlimi Alami, High Commissioner of Planning Nigeria: Shamsudd…

  2. New German-speaking CA Network!

    HDCA members based in Salzburg, Austria have recently started an initiative aimed at the establishment of an informal, interdisciplinary, regional, German speaking CA network. For practical reasons it focuses primarily on Austria and Bavaria, but interested people from Baden-Württemberg, Switzerland or South Tyrol are of course also more than welcome. Furthermore, it is not necessary to be a HDCA member to join the network. Please visit https://c…

  3. Why join the HDCA?

    …enefits available at each level. (This table is still a draft / under construction and not complete or final) Benefit type Visitor Registered user Full HDCA member Browse the site yes yes yes Free online access as well as print subscription to the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities yes Discount on HDCA’s Routledge Human Development and Capability Debates Series yes Watch video recordings of conference keynote lectures and thematic group…

  4. Technology, Innovation & Design Intro

    …ics such as between the global North and global South, as well as between humans and other living beings. As research for human development, it calls for a transdisciplinary approach that also includes non-academic partners for conducting research appropriately. This thematic group aims to stimulate interest in this domain and to this end brings together researchers and practitioners of diverse disciplinary backgrounds for discussion, exchange of…

  5. Health & Disability Intro

    …he capability approach and now through our growing network of participants worldwide, group participants have begun to examine a number of issues at the nexus of health, disability and capability including, but not exclusive to, questions of social justice; resource allocation; HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral therapy; reproductive health; impairment, disability and special needs; health system financing and access; capabilities and functionings; respo…

  6. Education Intro

    …ions to the field with fellow members and also to develop new national and international partnerships. If you wish to plan a local or regional event then please share your news via this webpage. We welcome new and existing members to contribute ideas to take this popular thematic group forward as we embark on the second decade since its inception. Please do check out the publications section of the HDCA website and if you are aware of publications…

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