The “humane” aspect of international aids: An evaluation of global poverty reduction programs from a human rights-based perspective

Authors

  • Gonca Polat Uluocak Baskent University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Social Work
  • Arzu İçağasıoğlu Çoban Baskent University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Social Work

Keywords:

poverty, human rights, IMF, World Bank, UNDP

Abstract

Poverty, as the most devastating problem of the contemporary society, is at the core of economical and social policies at the  national and international level. Beyond the economical discourse, poverty is basically the violation of the rights raised from being human.  In this sense, struggle against poverty should be accepted as the struggle for human rights. But different criterions in definition and measurement of poverty reveals that there is no universally standart solution for the problem. Under these circumstances, it is also questionable that there is a universal and standart way of struggle against poverty. International organizations has a unique position with their different policies and programmes at the global level for struggling against poverty. In this study, which aims to evaluate the international aids through the lens of human rights perspective,  the international aid organizations having an important effect on the economical stability of the World’s economy after World War II (i.e.UNDP, IMF and World Bank) and their financial support and structural adjustment programmes was chosen for the focus of analysis. It is aimed to introduce the contradictions between the human rights philosophy and mechanisms of these programmes. 

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Author Biographies

Gonca Polat Uluocak, Baskent University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Social Work

 

Gonca Polat Uluocak is graduated from Hacettepe University Department of Social Work in 2003. After working in Akdeniz University Hospital Department of Child Psychiatry as social worker for 2 years, she completed her Masters Degree in Social Work in 2006 in Hacettepe University. Currently, she is having her PhD in Hacettepe University Graduate School of Social Sciences in the field of Social Work and working as lecturer in Baskent University Department of Social Work

 

Arzu İçağasıoğlu Çoban, Baskent University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Social Work

Arzu İçağasıoğlu Çoban is graduated from Hacettepe University Department of Social Work in 1998. She completed her Masters Degree in Social Work in 2001 in Hacettepe University Department of Social Work and her PhD in 2007. Currently, she is h  working as Assistant Professor in Baskent University Department of Social Work

Published

2011-07-05

How to Cite

Polat Uluocak, G., & İçağasıoğlu Çoban, A. (2011). The “humane” aspect of international aids: An evaluation of global poverty reduction programs from a human rights-based perspective. Journal of Human Sciences, 8(2), 207–227. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/1704

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Sociology