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The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by the General Assembly of the United Nations was a landmark event as the CRC was the first human rights treaty to cover the full range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. However, while it is gratifying that with the exception of two, all the country members of the United Nations have ratified the CRC, this book makes very clear that much remains to be done in the way of reporting, monitoring and implementation.

This study is based upon six individual country studies - in Ghana, Yemen, Peru, Sweden, Nicaragua and the Philippines - as well as overviews of UNICEF and the Save the Children Alliance. The Impact Study contributes to an understanding of how the CRC has affected local, national and international institutions.

The main goals of the study are to:

- help fill the information gap regarding the effect of the CRC on governments and on civil society actors and institutions;

- analyze and document the successes and challenges found in reporting, monitoring and implementing the CRC;

- highlight good practices in reporting, monitoring and implementing;

- make recommendations about ways in which reporting, monitoring and implementing of the CRC could be more effectively done within countries and by international organizations.

This book is intended to assist organizations and individuals in their planning, policy and programme work to advance the CRC. It is also meant as a source of information for all those interested in child rights and to encourage individuals and organizations to redouble their efforts to achieve the goals set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. ... Read more

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In this new analysis of Honduran social and political development, Darío Euraque explains why Honduras escaped the pattern of revolution and civil wars suffered by its neighbors Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Within this comparative framework, he challenges the traditional Banana Republic 'theory' and its assumption that multinational corporations completely controlled state formation in Central America. Instead, he demonstrates how local society in Honduras's North Coast banana-exporting region influenced national political development.

According to Euraque, the reformism of the 1970s, which prevented social and political polarization in the 1980s, originated in the local politics of San Pedro Sula and other cities along the North Coast. Moreover, Euraque shows that by the 1960s, the banana-growing areas had become bastions of liberalism, led by local capitalists and organized workers. This regional political culture directly influenced events at the national level, argues Euraque. Specifically, the military coup of 1972 drew its ideology and civilian leaders from the North Coast, and as a result, the new regime was able to successfully channel popular unrest into state-sponsored reform projects. Based on long-ignored sources in Honduran and American archives and on interviews, the book signals a major reinterpretation of modern Honduran history. ... Read more

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