Protecting Capability, Eradicating Extreme Poverty: Chile Solidario and the Future of Social Protection

Armando Barrientos

Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2010, vol. 11, issue 4, 579-597

Abstract: Social protection has emerged as a strong policy framework addressing poverty and vulnerability in developing countries. The growing literature on social protection largely focuses on the relative effectiveness of different social protection programmes, but seldom makes a link to underlying conceptual frameworks. The paper argues that the capability approach can provide a sound foundation for social protection and discusses in some detail Chile Solidario, an integrated anti-poverty programme that explicitly embraces this approach. The paper demonstrates how an understanding of conceptual frameworks is essential to shaping the future of social protection.

Keywords: Capability; Poverty; Social protection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2010.520926

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