Do International Treaties Promote Development? The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Basic Immunization

Gauri, Varun

dc.creator	Gauri, Varun
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:10:57Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:10:57Z
dc.date	2009-06-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:10:16Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:10:16Z
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_20090617092305
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4158
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/245195
dc.description	Little evidence is available on whether changing global rules so as to promote human rights can enhance development outcomes. The Convention on the Rights of the Child was almost universally ratified by the mid-1990s, but it is unclear whether treaty ratification was associated with better or wider protection of children s rights. This paper uses an instrumental variable approach to investigate whether treaty ratification was associated with stronger effort at the country level on child survival, and particularly with higher rates of immunization coverage. The paper finds that ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child was correlated with a subsequent increase in immunization rates, but only in upper middle and high-income countries. Treaties can promote development outcomes, but require institutional support to do so.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4964
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	APPROPRIATE INCENTIVES
dc.subject	ARGUMENT
dc.subject	ARMED CONFLICT
dc.subject	BASIC RIGHTS
dc.subject	CASE LAW
dc.subject	CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject	CHILD IMMUNIZATION
dc.subject	CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject	CHILD SPACING
dc.subject	CHILD SURVIVAL
dc.subject	CHILDHOOD
dc.subject	CHILDHOOD DISEASES
dc.subject	CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
dc.subject	CIVIL CONFLICT
dc.subject	CIVIL LIBERTY
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS
dc.subject	CIVIL WAR
dc.subject	CONSCRIPTION
dc.subject	CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE
dc.subject	CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
dc.subject	DELIVERY CARE
dc.subject	DEMOCRACIES
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DOMESTIC COURTS
dc.subject	DOMESTIC LAW
dc.subject	DOMESTIC POLITICS
dc.subject	DRIVERS
dc.subject	DUE PROCESS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RIGHTS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES
dc.subject	EXPLOITATION
dc.subject	FAIR TRIAL
dc.subject	FREEDOM
dc.subject	FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
dc.subject	GENOCIDE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY
dc.subject	IMMUNIZATION
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INFANT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL LAW
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL NORMS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
dc.subject	INVESTIGATION
dc.subject	JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT
dc.subject	LEGAL INSTRUMENTS
dc.subject	LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	LITERACY RATES
dc.subject	MEASLES
dc.subject	MEASLES IMMUNIZATION
dc.subject	MOTIVATION
dc.subject	NATAL CARE
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	NATIONAL PLANS
dc.subject	NATURAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	OFFENDERS
dc.subject	PEACE
dc.subject	PLANS OF ACTION
dc.subject	POLICY FORMULATION
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POLITICAL CHANGE
dc.subject	POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	POLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subject	POLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	POPULATION DENSITY
dc.subject	POPULATION SIZE
dc.subject	PREVENTION OF TORTURE
dc.subject	PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	PROTOCOL
dc.subject	PROTOCOLS
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	REPRESSION
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RICHER COUNTRIES
dc.subject	RIGHT
dc.subject	SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject	SOCIAL CHANGE
dc.subject	SOCIAL JUSTICE
dc.subject	SOCIAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	TETANUS
dc.subject	TRAFFICKING
dc.subject	TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	TREATY
dc.subject	TREATY RATIFICATION
dc.subject	TUBERCULOSIS
dc.subject	VACCINES
dc.subject	WAR
dc.subject	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.title	Do International Treaties Promote Development? The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Basic Immunization
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.type	Publications & Research
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region