Publication: Human Rights and Development Practice
Date
2011-02
ISSN
Published
2011-02
Author(s)
Abstract
In the past two decades, there has been
a growing engagement between development and human rights
practitioners and thinkers. But are participants in this
dialogue still mainly talking past each other? Or has there
been valuable cross-fertilization and learning-the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) themselves being a fruit
of this convergence? This note addresses three points. The
first point is the growing convergence between human rights
and development thinking along several dimensions,
particularly on social and economic rights. The second point
is a consideration of the continuing areas of difference or
divergence and of outstanding or open questions. Are these
areas of conflict or are they valuable complementarities?
The third point asks where are we with MDGs on the ground,
and what can the dialogue between human rights and
development contribute to furthering progress on MDGs?
Citation
“Brahmbhatt, Milan; Canuto, Otaviano. 2011. Human Rights and Development Practice. Economic Premise; No. 50. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/06337a97-fb7e-58b0-b8d9-7086b3f1572e License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”