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I investigate the effect of ratification of different human rights treaties adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on Official Development Assistance (ODA) by donors of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). On average the ratification of an additional human rights treaty...
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As the world becomes ever more globally integrated, efforts to combat cross-border fraud and corruption become more … the World Bank's suspension and debarment (also known as the “sanctions”) system and how debarment functions in the World … Bank context. It goes on to describe several lessons learned in the first few years of the current World Bank system. Of …
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The number of hungry in the world has crossed the one billion mark, a dubious milestone that has been attributed in … world. Ironically, a great majority are involved in food production as small-scale independent food producers or … agricultural laborers. These facts and figures signal a definitive blow to efforts to reduce global hunger and lift the world …
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: Essential for Reducing World Hunger and Promoting Cost-efficient Bioenergy? Chapter 8: Technology Transfer of Environmental …
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The primary question that this research aims to answer is: how effective are the emergent norms and mechanisms to hold MNCs accountable for human rights violations, especially with regard to accountability for violations of economic, social and cultural rights in developing countries? The...
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The World Bank is no stranger to criticism of its projects, especially in respect of its privatization and private … commissioned by the World Bank. The brief was to provide an account of the major criticisms directed at the World Bank's private …
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This chapter examines the historic and current policies and practices that have contributed to food insecurity in the global South. It analyzes the impact of international economic law on the patterns of trade and production that perpetuate food insecurity, and recommends concrete measures that...
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This paper explores the type of human rights obligations of the World Bank and the IMF. It argues that their human … World Bank and the IMF. The paper concludes that these organizations need to develop a coherent and explicit human rights …
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How can foreign direct investment contribute to fulfil the right to development and realize some of the UN Sustainable Development Goals? The chapter consider this question by focusing on the role of international law and intergovernmental institutions that deal with three aspects of foreign...
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