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...

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Main Authors: Abouharb, M. Rodwan (Author), Cingranelli, David L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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505 0 |a pt. I. The argument. 1. Structural adjustment programs undermine human rights -- 2. Respect for human rights promotes development -- 3. Theoretical linkages between structural adjustment and repression --pt. II. Estimating the human rights effects of structural adjustment. 4. Methods -- 5. Determinants of structural adjustment lending --pt. III. Findings. 6. Economic and social rights -- 7. Civil conflict : demonstrations, riots, and rebellion -- 8. Torture, murder, disappearance and political imprisonment -- 9. Worker rights -- 10. Democracy -- pt. IV. Conclusion. 11. A rights-based approach to development. 
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