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Human rights and structural adjustment /
'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 the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | '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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 276 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-267) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780511464829 0511464827 9780511551055 0511551053 0521676711 9780521676717 0511461755 9780511461750 1107177529 9781107177529 1281982261 9781281982261 9786611982263 6611982264 0511464088 9780511464089 0511462506 9780511462504 0511463294 9780511463297 |