Human Rights And Structural Adjustment

Author : M. Rodwan Abouharb,David Cingranelli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139465960

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Human Rights and Structural Adjustment by M. Rodwan Abouharb,David Cingranelli Pdf

'Structural adjustment' has been a central part of the development strategy for the 'third world'. Loans made by the World Bank and the IMF have been conditional on developing countries pursuing rapid economic liberalization programmes as it was believed this would strengthen their economies in the long run. M. Rodwan Abouharb and David Cingranelli argue that, conversely, structural adjustment agreements usually cause increased hardship for the poor, greater civil conflict, and more repression of human rights, therefore resulting in a lower rate of economic development. Greater exposure to structural adjustment has increased the prevalence of anti-government protests, riots and rebellion. It has led to less respect for economic and social rights, physical integrity rights, and worker rights, but more respect for democratic rights. Based on these findings, the authors recommend a human rights-based approach to economic development.

Author : P. Thandika Mkandawire,Charles Chukwuma Soludo
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781552502044

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Our Continent, Our Future by P. Thandika Mkandawire,Charles Chukwuma Soludo Pdf

Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.

Author : M. Rodwan Abouharb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN : 0511461755

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Human Rights and Structural Adjustment by M. Rodwan Abouharb Pdf

'Structural adjustment' has been a central part of the development strategy for the 'third world'. Loans made by the World Bank and the IMF have been conditional on developing countries pursuing rapid economic liberalization programmes as it was believed this would strengthen their economies in the long run. M. Rodwan Abouharb and David Cingranelli argue that, conversely, structural adjustment agreements usually cause increased hardship for the poor, greater civil conflict, and more repression of human rights, therefore resulting in a lower rate of economic development. Greater exposure to structural adjustment has increased the prevalence of anti-government protests, riots and rebellion. It has led to less respect for economic and social rights, physical integrity rights, and worker rights, but more respect for democratic rights. Based on these findings, the authors recommend a human rights-based approach to economic development.

Author : Abouharb M Rodwan Cingranelli David L,M. Rodwan Abouharb,David L. Cingranelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0511464827

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Human Rights and Structural Adjustment by Abouharb M Rodwan Cingranelli David L,M. Rodwan Abouharb,David L. Cingranelli Pdf

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848130852

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Structural Adjustment by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf

Structural adjustment programmes are the largest single cause of increased poverty, inequality and hunger in developing countries. This book is the most comprehensive, real-life assessment to date of the impacts of the liberalisation, deregulation, privatisation and austerity that constitute structural adjustment. It is the result of a unique five year collaboration among citizens' groups, developing country governments, and the World Bank itself. Its authors, the members of the Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network (SAPRIN), reveal the practical consequences for manufacturing, small enterprise, wages and conditions, social services, health, education, food security, poverty and inequality. The stark conclusion emerges: if there is to be any hope for meaningful development, structural adjustment and neoliberal economics must be jettisoned.

Author : M. Rodwan Abouharb,David Cingranelli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521859336

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Human Rights and Structural Adjustment by M. Rodwan Abouharb,David Cingranelli Pdf

'Structural adjustment' has been a central part of the development strategy for the 'third world'. Loans made by the World Bank and the IMF have been conditional on developing countries pursuing rapid economic liberalization programmes as it was believed this would strengthen their economies in the long run. M. Rodwan Abouharb and David Cingranelli argue that, conversely, structural adjustment agreements usually cause increased hardship for the poor, greater civil conflict, and more repression of human rights, therefore resulting in a lower rate of economic development. Greater exposure to structural adjustment has increased the prevalence of anti-government protests, riots and rebellion. It has led to less respect for economic and social rights, physical integrity rights, and worker rights, but more respect for democratic rights. Based on these findings, the authors recommend a human rights-based approach to economic development.

Author : Sigrun Skogly
Publisher : Cavendish Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781843141730

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Human Rights Obligations of the World Bank and the IMF by Sigrun Skogly Pdf

Explores the human rights obligations of two of the largest international financial institutions: the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, addressing the two in public international law. The core of the text examines the institutions as legal subjects rather than as a collective.

Author : Hans-Otto Sano,Gudmundur Alfredsson,Robin Clapp
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004479357

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Human Rights and Good Governance by Hans-Otto Sano,Gudmundur Alfredsson,Robin Clapp Pdf

This volume, the result of an ongoing Nordic research project undertaken under the auspices of the Danish Centre for Human Rights in Copenhagen and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund, examines the relationship and possible interaction between good governance and human rights. The contributors consist of academics and professionals with backgrounds in development studies, economics, law, political science, and sociology. Together they demonstrate the need for interdisciplinary dialogue and clarification of concepts, contents, and processes of realisation. While good governance is mainly pursued in a development context, it is a central message of the book that good governance guidelines ought to have universal applicability, affecting international organisations and public and private actors in Northern as well as Southern countries. Yet an established consensus does not exist on how good governance and human rights can or should complement each other. The book therefore assesses the advantages of using existing links and identifies ways of building new bridges for mutual support between governance and human rights. The authors examine their topics on the basis of theory, best practices, law, the experiences of societies undergoing democratic transition, and other empirical evidence, without attempting to come up with a common definition of good governance. The plurality of interpretations will hopefully further strengthen good governance and human rights as integral elements of a global agenda.

Author : Ilias Bantekas,Cephas Lumina
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198810445

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Sovereign Debt and Human Rights by Ilias Bantekas,Cephas Lumina Pdf

Sovereign debt is necessary for the functioning of many modern states, yet its impact on human rights is underexplored in academic literature. This volume provides the reader with a step-by-step analysis of the debt phenomenon and how it affects human rights. Beginning by setting out thehistorical, political and economic context of sovereign debt, the book goes on to address the human rights dimension of the policies and activities of the three types of sovereign lenders: international financial institutions (IFIs), sovereigns and private lenders.Bantekas and Lumina, along with a team of global experts, establish the link between debt and the manner in which the accumulation of sovereign debt violates human rights, examining some of the conditions imposed by structural adjustment programs on debtor states with a view to servicing their debt.They outline how such conditions have been shown to exacerbate the debt itself at the expense of economic sovereignty, concluding that such measures worsen the borrower's economic situation, and are injurious to the entrenched rights of peoples.

Author : Steven C. Poe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351143790

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Understanding Human Rights Violations by Steven C. Poe Pdf

Originally published in 2004. This excellent volume presents a systematic analysis of various human rights violations around the globe, focusing on security and subsistence rights. The book collects important contributions to the theoretical development of the human rights phenomenon, covering a wide range of human rights issues and research approaches. The research presented combines a variety of qualitative and quantitative approaches and brings together both theoretical and empirical work. It places particular emphasis on making the advanced statistical methods that are used to test the arguments accessible to a wider readership. Understanding Human Rights Violations will prove a useful tool for all in the fields of international human rights, peace studies, political violence and international law, and offers a valuable introduction into the literature on human rights violations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Structural adjustment (Economic policy)
ISBN : 9718899006

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Conference Proceedings on Structural Adjustment Program by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rebecca J. Cook
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812201666

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Human Rights of Women by Rebecca J. Cook Pdf

Rebecca J. Cook and the contributors to this volume seek to analyze how international human rights law applies specifically to women in various cultures worldwide, and to develop strategies to promote equitable application of human rights law at the international, regional, and domestic levels. Their essays present a compelling mixture of reports and case studies from various regions in the world, combined with scholarly assessments of international law as these rights specifically apply to women.

Author : Beth A. Simmons
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780521885102

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Mobilizing for Human Rights by Beth A. Simmons Pdf

Beth Simmons demonstrates through a combination of statistical analysis and case studies that the ratification of treaties generally leads to better human rights practices. She argues that international human rights law should get more practical and rhetorical support from the international community as a supplement to broader efforts to address conflict, development, and democratization.

Author : Ved P. Nanda,George W. Shepherd,Eileen McCarthy-Arnolds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Debt relief
ISBN : OCLC:654788724

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World Debt and the Human Condition by Ved P. Nanda,George W. Shepherd,Eileen McCarthy-Arnolds Pdf

Author : Bonny Ibhawoh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107016316

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Human Rights in Africa by Bonny Ibhawoh Pdf

An interpretative history of human rights in Africa, exploring indigenous rights traditions, anti-slavery, anti-colonialism, post-colonial violations and pro-democracy movements.