Millennium development goals and human rights: Faraway, so close?

Journal of Human Development and Capabilities

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-133

  Cecchini, Simone ^a   Notti, Francesco ^b  

^a División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe   (Chile)

^b OHCHR   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Development; Human rights; Human rights based approach; Latin America and the Caribbean; MDG Monitoring; Millenium Development Goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867450910     PISSN: 19452829     EISSN: 19452837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2011.541793     Document Type: Article

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