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

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.