Human Rights and Development Towards Mutual Reinforcement [Paperback]

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.


Preface
Notes on Contributors
1. Introduction: The Challenges of Ensuring the Mutuality of Human Rights and Development Endeavours,Philip Alston and Mary Robinson
2. Some Reflections on Human Rights and Development,James D. Wolfensohn
3. What Rights Can Add to Good Development Practice,Mary Robinson
A. The Economics of Social Rights
4. Democracy and the Right to Food,Jean Dr??ze
5. . Social Rights and Economics: Claims to Health Care and Education in Developing Countries,Varun Gauri
B. Land Rights and Women's Empowerment
6. The Properties of Gender Equality,Kerry Rittich
7. The Development Impact of Gender Equality in Land Rights,Karen O. Mason and Helene M. Carlsson
8. Women's Property Rights Violations in Kenya,Janet Walsh
C. Child Labor and Access to Education
9. Child Labor, Education, and Children's Rights,Gordon Betcherman, Jean Fares, Amy Luinstra, and Robert Prouty
10. Child Labor, Education, and the Principle of Non-Discrimination,Elizabeth Gibbons, Friedrich Huebler and Edilberto Loaiza
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