Do International Treaties Promote Development? The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Basic Immunization
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 trea...
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okr-10986-41582021-04-23T14:02:15Z Do International Treaties Promote Development? The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Basic Immunization Gauri, Varun APPROPRIATE INCENTIVES ARGUMENT ARMED CONFLICT BASIC RIGHTS CASE LAW CHILD HEALTH CHILD IMMUNIZATION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD SPACING CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD DISEASES CHILDREN'S RIGHTS CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL LIBERTY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS CIVIL WAR CONSCRIPTION CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD DELIVERY CARE DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC COURTS DOMESTIC LAW DOMESTIC POLITICS DRIVERS DUE PROCESS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RIGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES EXPLOITATION FAIR TRIAL FREEDOM FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION GENOCIDE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS HUMAN RIGHTS LAW HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY IMMUNIZATION INCOME INFANT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL NORMS INTERNATIONAL POLITICS INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE INTERNATIONAL TREATIES INVESTIGATION JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT LEGAL INSTRUMENTS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LITERACY RATES MEASLES MEASLES IMMUNIZATION MOTIVATION NATAL CARE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL PLANS NATURAL RIGHTS OFFENDERS PEACE PLANS OF ACTION POLICY FORMULATION POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL CHANGE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL RIGHTS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION SIZE PREVENTION OF TORTURE PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRESS PROTECTION OF CHILDREN PROTOCOL PROTOCOLS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICES REPRESSION RESPECT RICHER COUNTRIES RIGHT SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL RIGHTS SOCIAL SECURITY TETANUS TRAFFICKING TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN TREATY TREATY RATIFICATION TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES WAR WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 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. 2012-03-19T19:10:57Z 2012-03-19T19:10:57Z 2009-06-01 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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4158 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4964 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research The World Region The World Region |
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APPROPRIATE INCENTIVES ARGUMENT ARMED CONFLICT BASIC RIGHTS CASE LAW CHILD HEALTH CHILD IMMUNIZATION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD SPACING CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD DISEASES CHILDREN'S RIGHTS CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL LIBERTY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS CIVIL WAR CONSCRIPTION CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD DELIVERY CARE DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC COURTS DOMESTIC LAW DOMESTIC POLITICS DRIVERS DUE PROCESS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RIGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES EXPLOITATION FAIR TRIAL FREEDOM FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION GENOCIDE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS HUMAN RIGHTS LAW HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY IMMUNIZATION INCOME INFANT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL NORMS INTERNATIONAL POLITICS INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE INTERNATIONAL TREATIES INVESTIGATION JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT LEGAL INSTRUMENTS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LITERACY RATES MEASLES MEASLES IMMUNIZATION MOTIVATION NATAL CARE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL PLANS NATURAL RIGHTS OFFENDERS PEACE PLANS OF ACTION POLICY FORMULATION POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL CHANGE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL RIGHTS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION SIZE PREVENTION OF TORTURE PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRESS PROTECTION OF CHILDREN PROTOCOL PROTOCOLS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICES REPRESSION RESPECT RICHER COUNTRIES RIGHT SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL RIGHTS SOCIAL SECURITY TETANUS TRAFFICKING TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN TREATY TREATY RATIFICATION TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES WAR WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION |
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APPROPRIATE INCENTIVES ARGUMENT ARMED CONFLICT BASIC RIGHTS CASE LAW CHILD HEALTH CHILD IMMUNIZATION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD SPACING CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD DISEASES CHILDREN'S RIGHTS CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL LIBERTY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS CIVIL WAR CONSCRIPTION CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD DELIVERY CARE DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC COURTS DOMESTIC LAW DOMESTIC POLITICS DRIVERS DUE PROCESS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RIGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES EXPLOITATION FAIR TRIAL FREEDOM FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION GENOCIDE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS HUMAN RIGHTS LAW HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY IMMUNIZATION INCOME INFANT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL NORMS INTERNATIONAL POLITICS INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE INTERNATIONAL TREATIES INVESTIGATION JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT LEGAL INSTRUMENTS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LITERACY RATES MEASLES MEASLES IMMUNIZATION MOTIVATION NATAL CARE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL PLANS NATURAL RIGHTS OFFENDERS PEACE PLANS OF ACTION POLICY FORMULATION POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL CHANGE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL RIGHTS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION SIZE PREVENTION OF TORTURE PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRESS PROTECTION OF CHILDREN PROTOCOL PROTOCOLS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICES REPRESSION RESPECT RICHER COUNTRIES RIGHT SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL RIGHTS SOCIAL SECURITY TETANUS TRAFFICKING TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN TREATY TREATY RATIFICATION TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES WAR WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Gauri, Varun Do International Treaties Promote Development? The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Basic Immunization |
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The World Region The World Region |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4964 |
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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. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Gauri, Varun |
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Gauri, Varun |
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Gauri, Varun |
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Do International Treaties Promote Development? The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Basic Immunization |
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Do International Treaties Promote Development? The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Basic Immunization |
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Do International Treaties Promote Development? The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Basic Immunization |
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Do International Treaties Promote Development? The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Basic Immunization |
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Do International Treaties Promote Development? The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Basic Immunization |
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do international treaties promote development? the convention on the rights of the child and basic immunization |
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2012 |
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