Human Rights Based Approaches to Development Concepts, Evidence, and Policy

Gauri, Varun; Gloppen, Siri

dc.creator	Gauri, Varun
dc.creator	Gloppen, Siri
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:28:33Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:28:33Z
dc.date	2012-01-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:49:20Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:49:20Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120109120516
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3223
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243570
dc.description	This paper assesses the benefits, risks, and limitations of human rights based approaches to development, which can be catalogued on the basis of the institutional mechanisms they rely on: global compliance based on international and regional treaties; the policies and programming of donors and executive agencies; rights talk; and legal mobilization. The paper briefly reviews the politics of the first three kinds of human rights based approaches before examining constitutionally based legal mobilization for social and economic rights in greater detail. Litigation for social and economic rights is increasing in frequency and scope in several countries, and exhibits appealing attributes, such as inclusiveness and deliberative quality. Still, there are potential problems with this form of human rights based mobilization, including middle class capture, the potential counter-majoritarianism of courts, and difficulties in compliance. The conclusion summarizes what is known, and what remains to be studied, regarding human rights based approaches to development.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5938
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ADVOCACY
dc.subject	BULLETIN
dc.subject	CHILD LABOR
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	CITIZENSHIP
dc.subject	CIVIL RIGHTS
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	COMPLIANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
dc.subject	CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
dc.subject	COURT CASES
dc.subject	CULTURAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	DEGRADING TREATMENT
dc.subject	DEMOCRACIES
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DEMOCRATIC FORMS
dc.subject	DEMOCRATIC REGIMES
dc.subject	DEMOCRATIZATION
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
dc.subject	DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
dc.subject	DOMESTIC COURTS
dc.subject	DOMESTIC POLITICS
dc.subject	DRUGS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RIGHTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subject	EFFECTS ON DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	EQUALITY
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	FREEDOMS
dc.subject	GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH POLICIES
dc.subject	HEALTH POLICY
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM
dc.subject	HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	HIV
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY
dc.subject	IMMUNIZATION
dc.subject	INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	INEQUALITIES
dc.subject	INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS
dc.subject	INFORMED CONSENT
dc.subject	INFORMED TREATMENT DECISIONS
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COVENANT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL LAW
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	JUDGES
dc.subject	LEGAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	LEGAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	LEGISLATION
dc.subject	MIGRANT
dc.subject	MIGRANT WORKERS
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVELS
dc.subject	NATIONAL POLITICS
dc.subject	NATURAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF PERSONS
dc.subject	PARTICIPATORY PROCESS
dc.subject	PATIENTS
dc.subject	POLICY CHANGE
dc.subject	POLICY DIALOGUE
dc.subject	POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POLITICAL ACTION
dc.subject	POLITICAL CHANGE
dc.subject	POLITICAL DECISION
dc.subject	POLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subject	POLITICAL POWER
dc.subject	POLITICAL PROCESS
dc.subject	POLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	POLITICAL THEORISTS
dc.subject	POLITICAL THEORY
dc.subject	POLLUTION
dc.subject	PREVENTIVE CARE
dc.subject	PRISONERS
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject	PROTECTIONS
dc.subject	PUBLIC INTEREST
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RIGHT
dc.subject	RIGHT TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	RIGHTS ADVOCATES
dc.subject	RIGHTS APPROACH
dc.subject	RIGHTS OF PERSONS
dc.subject	RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
dc.subject	RULE OF LAW
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SELF-ESTEEM
dc.subject	SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject	SERVICE PROVISION
dc.subject	SLAVE
dc.subject	SLAVE TRADE
dc.subject	SOCIAL CHANGE
dc.subject	SOCIAL CLASSES
dc.subject	SOCIAL JUSTICE
dc.subject	SOCIAL MOBILIZATION
dc.subject	SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
dc.subject	SOCIAL POLICIES
dc.subject	SOCIAL POLICY
dc.subject	SOCIAL RIGHT
dc.subject	SOCIAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
dc.subject	SOVEREIGNTY
dc.subject	TORTURE
dc.subject	VIOLENCE
dc.subject	VULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subject	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.title	Human Rights Based Approaches to Development Concepts, Evidence, and Policy
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region