Indigenous Economic Development Strategy
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Introduction According to Sen, the capability approach is a reflection of the moral value of persons needto achieve something valuable in their lives. Also, the capability approach focuses on the qualityof life likely to be achieved by human beings. Under the Capabilities approach, welfare is apsychological aspect of life rather than physical mental health .In addition, the approachadvocates for comprehensive consequentialism where there’s consequences and principles andequality of gender (I.E.P. N .d) Sum ranking is another concern for the capabilities approach inthe sense that different individuals have different capabilities in converting income to welfare(resources).Moreover, Sen views are based on functionality and capability of personsNoteworthy ,The Australian economic development strategy partly seeks to conform to thecapabilities approach. Predominantly, the approach focuses on the functioning’s and capability s of a person.Specifically, functioning’s refers to the state of “being and doing” like having basic needs likefood, shelter in exclusive of tools of achieving them whereas capability implies valuablefunctioning state accessible to human beings(I.E.P N .d)Capabilities include things likeliteracy ,health ,political rights etc. The Capability approach is based on capability theory .Sen score principles of the capability approach are pluralism, freedom and agency. Further, socialarrangements are considered essential human freedoms hence the need to boost social andeconomic policies to enhance human freedoms through creation of opportunities(Schwab
2015).The Indigenous economic development strategy 2011-18,provides avenues for theempowerment of Australia s indigenous population. The Australian indigenous Economic Development strategy seeks to create employmentand education opportunities for indigenous Australians which conforms with Sen s capabilityapproach principle that conforms to expanding substantive freedoms of people throughdevelopment ( I.E.P 2011 ) Specifically, the Australian government through the AustralianCouncil have entered a partnership agreement to provide employment opportunities forAustralian Indigenous subjects. Further, functioning component of the capabilities approach hasbeen considered in the Strategy into the sense that housing initiatives ,employmentopportunities ,literacy of indigenous population of the Australians has been advocated for thusupholding the “doing and Being” of the capabilities approach(Macklin,Evans,et.al,2011) However ,the Australian indigenous policy has conflicted the capabilities approach in thesense that not all Australians are able to take part in participate in all the policies and decisionsthat directly on what they value or have reason to value as individuals(Shwab,2015) Forinstance ,the indigenous population of Australia was subjected to a protectionist trend, theirchildren separate from them, their lifestyle and capabilities dictated by the “protectors” who werebasically police officers(Commonwealth of Australia 1997)In a way this practice curtailed thecapabilities of the indigenous Australians in the sense that what to value and reason to valuedecision was unavailable to them. The exception to the protectionist regime were the indigenouspopulation in Tasmania. In addition the economic development strategy 2011-18, harmonizes its policies to thecapabilities approach which seeks to eradicate ways that deprive indigenous Australians of their
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