Human Rights and Development Towards Mutual Reinforcement

Name: Human Rights and Development Towards Mutual Reinforcement
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ISBN: 9780199284627

ISBN-10: 0199284628

ISBN-13: 9780199284627

Edition: 2005

Authors: Philip Alston, Mary Robinson

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Only in the past 15 years or so, with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the realization that freedom and economic well-being are empirically linked, have the professional communities dealing with development and human rights issues begun to communicate effectively. But too much of the dialogue has been confined to an abstract or theoretical level. The eminent contributors to this volume address highly specific but crucial aspects of the human rights and development interface, including the economics of social rights; land rights and women's empowerment; child labor and access to education; reform of legal and judicial systems; the human rights role of the private sector; and building human…

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List price: $99.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.24" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English



Preface


Notes on Contributors



Introduction: The Challenges of Ensuring the Mutuality of Human Rights and Development Endeavours




Some Reflections on Human Rights and Development




What Rights Can Add to Good Development Practice




The Economics of Social Rights



Democracy and the Right to Food




Social Rights and Economics: Claims to Health Care and Education in Developing Countries




Land Rights and Women's Empowerment



The Properties of Gender Equality




The Development Impact of Gender Equality in Land Rights




Women's Property Rights Violations in Kenya




Child Labor and Access to Education



Child Labor, Education, and Children's Rights




Child Labor, Education, and the Principle of Non-Discrimination




Human Rights and Public Goods: Education as a Fundamental Right in India




Reform of Legal and Judicial Systems



The Impact of Human Rights Principles on Justice Reform in the Inter-American Development Bank




Less Law and Reform, More Politics and Enforcement: A Civil Society Approach to Integrating Rights and Development




The Role of the Private Sector in Promoting Human Rights



Putting Human Rights Principles into Development Practice through Finance: The Experience of the International Finance Corporation




Human Rights and Governance: The Empirical Challenge




Transnational Corporations as Instruments of Human Development




Building Human Rights into Development Planning Processes: The PRSP Exercise



PRSP's within the Human Rights Perspective




Human Rights and the PRSP Approach




Human Rights, the PRSP, and the Role of the International Monetary Fund