TY - BOOK ID - 138223812 TI - Do International Treaties Promote Development? : the Convention On the Rights of the Child and Basic Immunization PY - 2009 PB - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Child survival KW - Children and Youth KW - Debt Markets KW - Developing countries KW - Development assistance KW - Development policy KW - Economic growth KW - Economic rights KW - Finance and Financial Sector Development KW - Health, Nutrition and Population KW - Human development KW - Human Rights KW - Human rights KW - Immunization KW - International human rights KW - International treaties KW - Labor Policies KW - Law and Development KW - Policy KW - Policy formulation KW - Policy research KW - Policy research working paper KW - Population Policies KW - Progress KW - Protection of children KW - Public services KW - Service delivery KW - Social Development KW - Social Protections and Labor KW - Treaty KW - Treaty Law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138223812 AB - Little evidence is available on whether changing global rules so as to promote human rights can enhance development outcomes. The Convention on the Rights of the Child was almost universally ratified by the mid-1990s, but it is unclear whether treaty ratification was associated with better or wider protection of children's rights. This paper uses an instrumental variable approach to investigate whether treaty ratification was associated with stronger effort at the country level on child survival, and particularly with higher rates of immunization coverage. The paper finds that ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child was correlated with a subsequent increase in immunization rates, but only in upper middle and high-income countries. Treaties can promote development outcomes, but require institutional support to do so. ER -