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Human Development and Decent Work: Why some Concepts succeed and others fail to impact the Development Agenda

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Date
2015
Dewey
Economie du travail
Sujet
Development Institutions; Human Development Indicators; Human Development; Decent Work
JEL code
J.J8.J81
Journal issue
Development and Change
Volume
46
Number
2
Publication date
03-2015
Article pages
197-224
Publisher
Wiley Online Library
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dech.12149
URI
https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/18064
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Sehnbruch, Kirsten
197284 Universidad de Chile
Burchell, Brendan
36945 Université de Cambridge
Agloni, Nurjk
197284 Universidad de Chile
Piasna, Agnieszka
36945 Université de Cambridge
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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Abstract (EN)
This article examines the impact of the International Labour Organization's concept of Decent Work on development thinking and the academic literature. We attempt to answer the question of what makes a development initiative successful by comparing the decent work approach to the United Nation Development Programme's Human Development concept (in conjunction with the human development indicator). We consider that the latter has been one of the most successful development concepts ever to have been launched, while the impact of decent work by comparison has been limited. Our hypothesis relating to the question of what makes a development initiative successful has three fundamental components: first, a solid theoretical foundation has to justify the launch of a development concept. A second vital factor is the availability of sufficient national and internationally comparable data that enables researchers and policy makers alike to apply the concept, preferably by means of a synthetic indicator. Third, the political will and institutional structure of the development institution that launches a concept is a key factor, particularly if data availability is limited as countries then have to be persuaded to generate new data.

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