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Why Conflict Between Economic Development And International Social Rights Governance Is Inevitable, Desiree Leclercq
Why Conflict Between Economic Development And International Social Rights Governance Is Inevitable, Desiree Leclercq
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International organizations mandated to govern social rights are colliding with international organizations mandated to govern economic development. While disagreeing with the nature of fragmentation and conflict across international organizations, legal and social science scholars offer various proposals to unify global governance. Those proposals assume that unification will come naturally. That assumption is wrong.
The distinct legal instruments that govern and control international organizations render conflict inevitable and unification improbable. By closely examining the pandemic-related activities carried out by the International Labor Organization, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund in the same 41 countries, the implications of that conflict …