U.S. Human Rights Policy in Multilateral Development Banks
The promotion of human rights has been an important component of U.S. foreign policy for several decades. However, the specific content of U.S. human rights policy, as well as its place among foreign policy priorities more generally, has varied considerably over the years The present study analyzes this debate as it is manifest in U.S. multilateral aid policy. Foreign aid, whether distributed directly (bilateral aid) or indirectly through multilateral institutions such as the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), is one of the several tools through which the U.S. furthers its human rights policy. The main research questions addressed in this study is to what extent does the U.S. promote human rights in the MDBs, or in other words how important is promoting human rights in the MDBs for the U.S.? The proposed study addresses this question through an analysis of U.S. voting stances on MDB lending decisions to determine to what extent the U.S. votes against projects in the MDBs based on the recipient countries human rights record
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2015
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Authors: | Braaten, Daniel |
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[2015]: [S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | USA | United States | Entwicklungsbank | Development bank | Menschenrechte | Human rights | Grundrecht | Fundamental right | Welt | World | Entwicklungsfinanzierung | Development finance |
Description of contents: | Abstract [papers.ssrn.com] |
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