Reflections on the Right To Development

This important contribution to the understanding of the Right to Development (RTD) presents it as a viable alternative to existing approaches to development.The essays in this volume are grouped into three sections. Part One introduces the concept of RTD and discusses its theoretical and historical aspects, highlighting its normative content and identifying implementation issues. Part Two contains empirical case studies from India and Sri Lanka and examines national development policies from the RTD perspective. The third part explores the links between social choice and the right to development.

This important contribution to the understanding of the Right to Development (RTD) presents it as a viable alternative to existing approaches to development.

The essays in this volume are grouped into three sections. Part One introduces the concept of RTD and discusses its theoretical and historical aspects, highlighting its normative content and identifying implementation issues. Part Two contains empirical case studies from India and Sri Lanka and examines national development policies from the RTD perspective. The third part explores the links between social choice and the right to development.

PART ONE: AN INTRODUCTION TO RTD
The Human Rights Framework for Development - Stephen P Marks
Seven Approaches
On the Theory and Practice of the Right to Development - Arjun Sengupta
An Essay on the Human Rights Approach to Development - Siddiqur Rahman Osmani
Right to Development - Rajeev Malhotra
Where Are We Today?
PART TWO: STUDIES IN RTD
The Right to Development in Sri Lanka - Godfrey Gunatilleke
Public Action as Participatory Development - K P Kannan and N Vijayamohanan Pillai
The Kerala Experience Re-Interpreted
Poverty and Inequality in India - Angus Deaton and Jean Drèze
A Re-Examination
The Right to Development and International Economic Regimes - Jayati Ghosh
PART THREE: SOCIAL CHOICE AND RTD
Rights in the Social Choice Theoretic Framework - Satish K Jain
An Overview and Critical Appraisal
The Right to Development and Human Rights - Manimay Sengupta
A Social Choice Approach to Implementation and Measurement