Footprints of a winning idea: Three decades of the human development paradigm (1990-2019)

The rise and fall of international development paradigms has long captured the interest of scholars, but interpreting whether a paradigm is winning or losing depends largely on how we measure its success. In this research note, we contribute to this debate by assessing the influence of development p...

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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-45642021-05-17T01:45:52Z Footprints of a winning idea: Three decades of the human development paradigm (1990-2019) JOSHI, Devin K. The rise and fall of international development paradigms has long captured the interest of scholars, but interpreting whether a paradigm is winning or losing depends largely on how we measure its success. In this research note, we contribute to this debate by assessing the influence of development paradigms via comparative bibliometric analysis. Focusing on the human development and capabilities approach (HDCA) promoted by the Human Development Reports (HDRs) of the United Nations, our analysis reveals how the HDCA has emerged to become an influential paradigm of development over the last three decades. As the HDCA has fared impressively well vis-à-vis numerous alternative development paradigms and approaches including Marxism, modernisation theory, dependency theory, “pro-poor growth” and “aid effectiveness,” we conclude that despite being relatively new, the HDCA has become one of the most influential approaches to development in the world today. 2021-04-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3307 info:doi/10.1080/19452829.2021.1908240 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4564/viewcontent/JHDC_Three_Decades_of_Human_Development__2021__av.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Human development Ideas Paradigms Capabilities approach Bibliometric Growth and Development Political Science
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
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country Singapore
Singapore
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topic Human development
Ideas
Paradigms
Capabilities approach
Bibliometric
Growth and Development
Political Science
spellingShingle Human development
Ideas
Paradigms
Capabilities approach
Bibliometric
Growth and Development
Political Science
JOSHI, Devin K.
Footprints of a winning idea: Three decades of the human development paradigm (1990-2019)
description The rise and fall of international development paradigms has long captured the interest of scholars, but interpreting whether a paradigm is winning or losing depends largely on how we measure its success. In this research note, we contribute to this debate by assessing the influence of development paradigms via comparative bibliometric analysis. Focusing on the human development and capabilities approach (HDCA) promoted by the Human Development Reports (HDRs) of the United Nations, our analysis reveals how the HDCA has emerged to become an influential paradigm of development over the last three decades. As the HDCA has fared impressively well vis-à-vis numerous alternative development paradigms and approaches including Marxism, modernisation theory, dependency theory, “pro-poor growth” and “aid effectiveness,” we conclude that despite being relatively new, the HDCA has become one of the most influential approaches to development in the world today.
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title Footprints of a winning idea: Three decades of the human development paradigm (1990-2019)
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title_fullStr Footprints of a winning idea: Three decades of the human development paradigm (1990-2019)
title_full_unstemmed Footprints of a winning idea: Three decades of the human development paradigm (1990-2019)
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publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
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url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3307
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