Title Human Rights and Structural Adjustment

Published Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2007 ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (292 pages) Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Part I The argument; 1 Structural adjustment programs undermine human rights; 2 Respect for human rights promotes economic development; 3 Theoretical linkages between structural adjustment and repression; Part II Estimating the human rights effects of structural adjustment; 4 Methods; 5 Determinants of structural adjustment lending; Part III Findings; 6 Economic and social rights; 7 Civil conflict: demonstrations, riots, and rebellion; 8 Torture, murder, disappearance, and political imprisonment Summary Critique of the effect of World Bank and IMF structural adjustment agreements on developing countries Notes Print version record Subject Human rights -- Developing countries Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Social aspects Economic development -- Developing countries Economic assistance -- Developing countries Economic assistance Economic development Human rights Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Social aspects Developing countries Form Electronic book Author Cingranelli, David L ISBN 9780511463297 0511463294

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