Economic Rights, Human Development Effort, and Institutions

Kimenyi, Mwangi S.

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“…In 2002, for example, Norway had the highest HDI (equal to 0.956) while Sierra Leone had the lowest HDI (equal to 0.273) (UNDP, 2004). Using 2002 data, Kimenyi (2006, 2007) estimates that countries whose development indicators are equal or similar to levels targeted by the MDGs score an HDI of about 0.69. Thus, an HDI equal to 0.69 can be considered the lowest HDI that is consistent with MDGs.…”

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Markets, Institutions and Millennium Development Goals

Kimenyi

2007

Economic Affairs

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) may have noble objectives but there are concerns that the associated transfer of resources from wealthy to poor countries could be counter-productive in terms of long-term economic performance. Reforming the institutions of governance and removing barriers that hinder the efficient functioning of markets are the most effective ways for poor countries to achieve MDGs. Poor countries can also improve living standards by relying on market forces rather than monopolistic public agencies for the delivery of services.

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Markets, Institutions and Millennium Development Goals

Kimenyi

2007

Economic Affairs

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“…One approach to quantify this concept has been to regress a country's per capita income against an index of development performance such as the Physical Quality of Life Index, alone or in combination with a worker's and woman's rights index or a Human Development Index modified to omit the income component (Kimenyi 2007, Richards and Clay 2010, Cingranelli and Richards 2007). The residuals from this regression are then used to assess country performance.…”

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Does constitutionalizing economic and social rights promote their fulfillment?

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Minkler

Prakash

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Journal of Human Rights

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This paper explores whether constitutional provisions promote fulfillment of economic and social rights. This is accomplished by combining unique data on both enforceable law and directive principles with the Social and Economic Rights Fulfillment Index (SERF Index), which measures government fulfillment of such rights. The results indicate that there is a positive and significant correlation between enforceable law provisions and the right to health and education components of the SERF Index. The strongest relationship appears to be for the right to health component where the inclusion of an enforceable law provision on economic and social rights in the constitution is correlated with an increase in the health component by 9.55, or 13.0%, on average. These results support the idea that constitutional provisions may be one way to improve economic and social rights outcomes.

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“…This is surprising, given the extensive literature suggesting that political factors such as corruption, political instability, and regime type play a crucial role in affecting both economic growth and economic development (Alesina, Oetzler, Roubini, and Swagel 1996;Baum and Lake 2003;Haggard, MacIntyre, and Tiede 2008). A related literature specifically examines the role of economic rights, institutions, and the "rules of the game" in yielding positive economic outcomes (North 1990;Olson 1993;Kimenyi 2007).…”

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The Effects of Human Rights on the Success of Microcredit Lending Institutions

Bremer

Krain²

2014

Journal of Human Rights

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This study explores the relationship between human rights and the success of microfinance institutions (MFIs). Microfinance emphasizes the empowerment of women, yet no study has examined whether the existing human rights environment, or the rights environment for women specifically, helps or hinders the effectiveness of this grassroots development approach. We test competing hypotheses, including the possibility that the rights environment affects MFI success, the possibility of an inverse relationship between levels of women's political or economic oppression and MFI success, and the expectation of no relationship. Our quantitative analysis of MFIs in the Opportunity International Network suggests that the overall human rights environment in which they operate has significant effects on repayment rates, while women's economic rights affect the operational self-sufficiency of MFIs. This has important implications for our understanding of the factors that make microfinance institutions viable, and for the degree of access that underserved communities have to credit.

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Economic Rights, Human Development Effort, and Institutions

Cited by 10 publications

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Markets, Institutions and Millennium Development Goals

Markets, Institutions and Millennium Development Goals

Does constitutionalizing economic and social rights promote their fulfillment?

The Effects of Human Rights on the Success of Microcredit Lending Institutions

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