A Human Rights Based Approach to Development in India

Ashok Kotwal

ISBN 10: 0774860308 / ISBN 13: 9780774860307

Published by University of British Columbia Press, CA, 2019

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Over the last twenty years, India has enacted legislation to turn crucial goals such as food security, primary education, and employment into legal rights for its citizens. But enacting laws is one thing and implementing them through an imperfect institutional structure is another. A Human Rights Based Approach to Development in India examines a diverse range of human development issues over a period of rapid economic growth in India. Demonstrating why institutional and economic development are synonymous, the essays in this volume detail the many obstacles that may hinder development. In addition, they show how the domestic policies required to implement laws may undermine India's treaty obligations at the World Trade Organization or under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The contributors ultimately ask whether development can be achieved by making it a legal right and whether India's right to develop is truly at odds with its international commitments.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Human Rights Based Approach to Development in India
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press, CA
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774860308
• ISBN 13: 9780774860307
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 440 grams

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Synopsis

Over the last twenty years, India has enacted legislation to turn development goals such as food security, primary education, and employment into legal rights for its citizens. But enacting laws is different from implementing them. A HumanRights Based Approach to Development in India examines a diverse range of human development issues over a period of rapid economic growth in India. Demonstrating why institutional and economic development is synonymous, this volume details the many obstacles hindering development. This book ultimately asks whether India's approach to development is working and whether its right to develop is at odds with its international commitments.

About the Author

Moshe Hirsch is the Von Hofmannsthal Professor of International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ashok Kotwal is professor emeritus of economics in the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia. Bharat Ramaswami is professor of economics at the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.