Over the last century, global poverty has largely been viewed as a technical problem that merely requires the right "expert" solutions. Yet all too often, experts recommend solutions that fix immediate problems without addressing the systemic political factors that created them in the first...

pt. I. The argument. 1. Structural adjustment programs undermine human rights -- 2. Respect for human rights promotes development -- 3. Theoretical linkages between structural adjustment and repression --pt. II. Estimating the human rights effects of structural adjustment. 4. Methods -- 5....

As multilateral development banks increasingly gained influence in shaping global development, transnational social movements pushed to hold them accountable for their human rights impact towards communities. Leon Valentin Schettler presents a novel causal mechanism of movement advocacy towards...