Human Rights and Development Towards Mutual Reinforcement

by Alston, Philip; Robinson, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780199284627
• ISBN10: 0199284628
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-08
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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 rights into development planning, especially the Poverty Reduction Strategy process.

Author Biography

Philip Alston is Professor of Law at New York University Law School and Faculty Director of its Center for Human Rights and Global Justice. Since 2002 he has been Special Adviser to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Millennium Development Goals.
Professor Mary Robinson founded Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative in 2002. Previously she was President of the Republic of Ireland (1990-97), and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002).

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	x
List of Tables	xiii
List of Figures	xv
Abbreviations	xvi
1 The Challenges of Ensuring the Mutuality of Human Rights and Development Endeavours	1	(18)
Philip Alston and Mary Robinson
2 Some Reflections on Human Rights and Development	19	(6)
James D. Wolfensohn
3 What Rights Can Add to Good Development Practice	25	(500)
Mary Robinson
A. The Economics of Social Rights
4 Democracy and the Right to Food	45	(20)
Jean Drèze
5 Social Rights and Economics: Claims to Health Care and Education in Developing Countries	65	(22)
Varun Gauri
B. Land Rights and Women's Empowerment
6 The Properties of Gender Equality	87	(27)
Kerry Rittich
7 The Development Impact of Gender Equality in Land Rights	114	(19)
Karen O. Mason and Helene M. Carlsson
8 Women's Property Rights Violations in Kenya	133	(40)
Janet Walsh
C. Child Labour and Access to Education
9 Child Labor, Education, and Children's Rights	173	(28)
Gordon Betcherman, Jean Fares, Amy Luinstra, and Robert Prouty
10 Child Labour, Education, and the Principle of Non-Discrimination	201	(41)
Elizabeth D. Gibbons, Friedrich Huebler, and Edilberto Loaiza
11 Human Rights and Public Goods: Education as a Fundamental Right in India	242	(27)
Philip Alston and Nehal Bhuta
D. Reform of Legal and Judicial Systems
12 The Impact of Human Rights Principles on Justice Reform in the Inter-American Development Bank	269	(28)
Christina Biebesheimer
13 Less Law and Reform, More Politics and Enforcement: A Civil Society Approach to Integrating Rights and Development	297	(30)
Stephen Golub
E. The Role of the Private Sector in Promoting Human Rights
14 Putting Human Rights Principles into Development Practice through Finance: The Experience of the International Finance Corporation	327	(25)
Peter Woicke
15 Human Rights and Governance: The Empirical Challenge	352	(51)
Daniel Kaufmann
16 Transnational Corporations as Instruments of Human Development	403	(44)
Olivier de Schutter
F. Building Human Rights into Development Planning Processes: The PRSP Exercise
17 Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers within the Human Rights Perspective	447	(28)
Frances Stewart and Michael Wang
18 Human Rights and Poverty Reduction Strategies: Moving Towards Convergence?	475	(23)
Gobind Nankani, John Page, and Lindsay Judge
19 Human Rights, Poverty Reduction Strategies, and the Role of the International Monetary Fund	498	(11)
Mark W. Plant
G. The World Bank and Human Rights
20 The Legal Aspects of the World Bank's Work on Human Rights: Some Preliminary Thoughts	509	(16)
Roberto Dañino
Index	525