Human Rights and Equitable Development: "Ideals", Issues and Implications

This paper outlines areas of human rights law relevant to development and introduces perspectives on the nature of the relationship between the two fields. While it is clear that some progress has been made towards integrating human rights and development, it is clear that the two discourses remain...

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Main Authors: Decker, Klaus, McInerney-Lankford, Siobhán, Sage, Caroline
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9132
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spelling okr-10986-91322021-04-23T14:02:44Z Human Rights and Equitable Development: "Ideals", Issues and Implications Decker, Klaus McInerney-Lankford, Siobhán Sage, Caroline World Development Report 2006 This paper outlines areas of human rights law relevant to development and introduces perspectives on the nature of the relationship between the two fields. While it is clear that some progress has been made towards integrating human rights and development, it is clear that the two discourses remain distinct, and attempts to find commonalities and convergence between them face numerous issues in practice. A key question for both human rights advocates and development practitioners is how human rights standards can be maintained in the context of development practices. 2012-06-26T15:38:56Z 2012-06-26T15:38:56Z 2005 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9132 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Africa
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Human Rights and Equitable Development: "Ideals", Issues and Implications
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description This paper outlines areas of human rights law relevant to development and introduces perspectives on the nature of the relationship between the two fields. While it is clear that some progress has been made towards integrating human rights and development, it is clear that the two discourses remain distinct, and attempts to find commonalities and convergence between them face numerous issues in practice. A key question for both human rights advocates and development practitioners is how human rights standards can be maintained in the context of development practices.
author Decker, Klaus
McInerney-Lankford, Siobhán
Sage, Caroline
author_facet Decker, Klaus
McInerney-Lankford, Siobhán
Sage, Caroline
author_sort Decker, Klaus
title Human Rights and Equitable Development: "Ideals", Issues and Implications
title_short Human Rights and Equitable Development: "Ideals", Issues and Implications
title_full Human Rights and Equitable Development: "Ideals", Issues and Implications
title_fullStr Human Rights and Equitable Development: "Ideals", Issues and Implications
title_full_unstemmed Human Rights and Equitable Development: "Ideals", Issues and Implications
title_sort human rights and equitable development: "ideals", issues and implications
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9132
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