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The World Bank and The Right to Health: A Study of the Institution’s Rights-Based Discourse

The World Bank and The Right to Health: A Study of the Institution’s Rights-Based Discourse

by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Human Rights, Spring 2018, World Bank

by Yusra Ribhi Shawar and Jennifer Prah Ruger While the World Bank has integrated rights-based principles in the implementation of some health programs that it finances, it continues to deny a formal legal obligation for human rights. Employing thematic and discourse...
The World Bank and The Right to Health: A Study of the Institution’s Rights-Based Discourse

World Bank, Human Rights and Health: A Commentary

by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Spring 2018, World Bank

by Desmond McNeill The World Bank is reluctant to engage with human rights – generally, and more specifically in relation to health. Why? And what is to be done about it? This commentary summarizes the debate, showing that insiders and critical outsiders largely...

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