%0 Journal Article
%T Revisiting the MDG¡¯s: Exploring a Multidimensional Framework for Human Development
%A Nasir Khan
%J Journal of Asia Pacific Studies
%D 2010
%I Guild of Independent Scholars
%X With a standardized set of goals, and targets set in rates,proportions and percentages, an aggregated generalization marks theMillennium Development Goals (MDG¡¯s). Obscuring the real entitlementdeficits, such an approach cloaks the multidimensionality of human suffering by ignoring distributional inequity and interpersonal diversities. The MDG¡¯s, therefore, needs a revisiting within a broader informational space like the one envisaged by the capabilities approach (CA) of Amartya Sen. The paper develops a framework for such an assessment, evaluates the outreach and effectiveness of the MDG¡¯s within the framework, and taking it as a paradigm, outlines an alternative global agenda for humandevelopment in terms of CA.
%K Capabilities approach
%K Millenium Development Goals
%U http://www.japss.org/upload/3.%20khan.pdf