Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Human Rights and U.S. Voting Policy in the Development Banks
Human Rights and U.S. Voting Policy in the Development Banks
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Publisher:
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Human Rights and U.S. Voting Policy in the Development Banks
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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U.S. Human Rights Policy in Multilateral Development Banks
Author: Daniel Braaten
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Languages : en
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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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Languages : en
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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.
Human Rights and US Voting Policy in the Development Banks: the Case of Chile
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Languages : en
Pages : 97
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Languages : en
Pages : 97
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Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Multilateral Development Banks
Author: Daniel B. Braaten
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Category : Development banks
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Promoting human rights is an important foreign policy goal for the United States. There are many foreign policy areas through which the U.S. promotes human rights including voting against countries which violate human rights in the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). Promoting human rights, however, is not the only foreign policy goal of the U.S. in the MDBs. The U.S. also seeks strategic goals such as supporting allies and promoting domestic economic prosperity as well in the MDBs. Realist international relations theory posits that strategic interests will trump promoting human rights in the MDBs. For the U.S. however liberal international relations theory argues that promoting human rights can be considered an equivalent foreign policy goal for countries such as the U.S. Therefore strategic interests will not automatically trump promoting human rights for the U.S. This dissertation seeks to answer two questions regarding human rights in U.S. foreign policy in the MDBs. First, what role do human rights play in determining U.S. votes in the MDBs? Here I find that a country's record on violating political rights is a significant factor in determining whether the U.S. will vote in favor of proposals for that country. A country's record on violating rights of personal integrity, however, is not a significant factor. Whether a country receives military aid from the U.S. and a country's GDP per capita are also significant determinants of U.S. votes in the MDBs. The second question this dissertation answers regarding human rights in U.S. foreign policy in the MDBs is what rights specifically does the U.S. promote in the MDBs and which countries, specifically, does the U.S. vote against because of their human rights record. Overall, I find that while the U.S. has voted against loans going to many countries for human rights purposes the bulk of U.S. attention is centered on countries that fail to apprehend war criminals within their borders, primarily Serbia, and voting against loans that go to China
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Category : Development banks
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Promoting human rights is an important foreign policy goal for the United States. There are many foreign policy areas through which the U.S. promotes human rights including voting against countries which violate human rights in the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). Promoting human rights, however, is not the only foreign policy goal of the U.S. in the MDBs. The U.S. also seeks strategic goals such as supporting allies and promoting domestic economic prosperity as well in the MDBs. Realist international relations theory posits that strategic interests will trump promoting human rights in the MDBs. For the U.S. however liberal international relations theory argues that promoting human rights can be considered an equivalent foreign policy goal for countries such as the U.S. Therefore strategic interests will not automatically trump promoting human rights for the U.S. This dissertation seeks to answer two questions regarding human rights in U.S. foreign policy in the MDBs. First, what role do human rights play in determining U.S. votes in the MDBs? Here I find that a country's record on violating political rights is a significant factor in determining whether the U.S. will vote in favor of proposals for that country. A country's record on violating rights of personal integrity, however, is not a significant factor. Whether a country receives military aid from the U.S. and a country's GDP per capita are also significant determinants of U.S. votes in the MDBs. The second question this dissertation answers regarding human rights in U.S. foreign policy in the MDBs is what rights specifically does the U.S. promote in the MDBs and which countries, specifically, does the U.S. vote against because of their human rights record. Overall, I find that while the U.S. has voted against loans going to many countries for human rights purposes the bulk of U.S. attention is centered on countries that fail to apprehend war criminals within their borders, primarily Serbia, and voting against loans that go to China
Human Rights and U.S. Policy in the Multilateral Development Banks
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Human Rights Policies at the Multilateral Development Banks
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance
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Category : Banks and banking, International
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Category : Banks and banking, International
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Reagan and Pinochet
Author: Morris Morley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316195627
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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This book is the first comprehensive study of the Reagan administration's policy toward the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. Based on new primary and archival materials, as well as on original interviews with former US and Chilean officials, it traces the evolution of Reagan policy from an initial 'close embrace' of the junta to a re-evaluation of whether Pinochet was a risk to long-term US interests in Chile and, finally, to an acceptance in Washington of the need to push for a return to democracy. It provides fresh insights into the bureaucratic conflicts that were a key part of the Reagan decision-making process and reveals not only the successes but also the limits of US influence on Pinochet's regime. Finally, it contributes to the ongoing debate about the US approach toward democracy promotion in the Third World over the past half century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316195627
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
This book is the first comprehensive study of the Reagan administration's policy toward the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. Based on new primary and archival materials, as well as on original interviews with former US and Chilean officials, it traces the evolution of Reagan policy from an initial 'close embrace' of the junta to a re-evaluation of whether Pinochet was a risk to long-term US interests in Chile and, finally, to an acceptance in Washington of the need to push for a return to democracy. It provides fresh insights into the bureaucratic conflicts that were a key part of the Reagan decision-making process and reveals not only the successes but also the limits of US influence on Pinochet's regime. Finally, it contributes to the ongoing debate about the US approach toward democracy promotion in the Third World over the past half century.
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 962
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 962
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