Kenneth A Reinert
Biographic Data
| ID | 445494 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth A Reinert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth A |
| FAMILY NAME | Reinert |
| SIGNATURE | REINERT K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Religion and Basic Goods Provision
The basic goods approach is a type of economic ethics that begins with the concept of human needs and focuses on the fulfilment of these needs through the provision of basic goods and services. This chapter uses the lens of common values to assess the extent to which the religious ethical traditions of Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam support a policy focus on basic goods provision. It also considers the relationship of the religious ethics of b…
From Sustainable Development Goals to Basic Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals have attracted both defenders and critics. Composed of seventeen goals and 169 targets, the overly broad scope of the SDGs raises the question of whether there are priorities that need to be set within them. This essay considers the SDGs from the perspective of a “basic goods approach” to development policy, which takes a needs-based and basic-subsistence-rights view on policy priorities. It focuses on a subset o…
No Small Hope
This book argues in favor of an approach to global policy priorities that emphasizes the attempt to put a minimal set of basic goods and services into the hands of everyone. This universal provision of basic goods and services includes nutritious food, clean water, sanitation, health services, education services, housing, electricity, and human security services. The book argues that this policy focus is appropriate both for practical and ethical…
Housing
This chapter considers housing as a basic good that satisfies critical basic human needs for shelter. Housing satisfies not only the human need for shelter but also as a place in which the provision of other basic goods can occur. The chapter also considers the widespread but unknown extent of housing deprivation and the consequent negative impacts for well-being, including health. It examines the subsistence right to housing and the role of this…
Education Services
This chapter considers education services as a basic good that satisfy critical basic human needs, which allow individuals to effectively participate in society. It considers the widespread nature of education services deprivation and the consequent negative impacts for well-being and growth. The chapter examines the subsistence right to education services and the role of this right within the United Nations system of human rights. It also examin…
Health Services
This chapter considers health services as a basic good that satisfy critical basic human needs for maintaining minimal levels of well-being. It considers the widespread nature of health services deprivation and the consequent negative health impacts. The chapter examines the subsistence right to health services and the role of this right within the United Nations system of human rights. It doing so, it makes a distinction between the right to hea…
Human Security
This chapter introduces the concept of human security and relates the concept to the basic goods approach. It considers the widespread nature of human security deprivation and the consequent negative impacts for well-being and safety. The chapter examines the right to human security and the central role of this right within the United Nations system of human rights. It considers the related concepts of the right to protect and humanitarian space,…
Basic Goods
This chapter describes the basic goods approach to global policy priorities. It reviews the treatment of human need in political philosophy, economics, and social policy and defines basic goods as those goods and services that meet objective human needs. The chapter identifies a set of basic goods that includes nutritious food, clean water, sanitation, health services, education services, housing, electricity, and human security services. It give…
Sanitation
This chapter considers sanitation as a basic good that satisfies critical basic human needs for health and hygiene. It considers the widespread nature of sanitation deprivation and the challenges of addressing this deprivation, which include increased population growth. It considers the myriad health impacts of poor sanitation. The chapter examines the subsistence right to sanitation and the role of this right within the United Nations system of …
Water
This chapter considers water as a basic good that satisfies critical basic human needs for drinking, hygiene, and food preparation. It considers the widespread nature of water deprivation and the challenges of addressing this deprivation, including climate change, water shortages, and increased population growth. The chapter examines the subsistence right to water and the role of this right within the United Nations system of human rights. It als…
What Matters
This introductory chapter introduces the basic goods approach and its relationship to the standard growth perspective and the capabilities/human development perspective. It defines basic goods and services as those that meet central and objective human needs and argues in favor of sustained attempts that achieve their universal provision. It identifies a set of basic goods that includes nutritious food, clean water, sanitation, health services, e…
The new OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
This viewpoint addresses the extent to which the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises adequately serve as a system of global governance for MNEs. We argue that, while a 2011 revision has strengthened the Guidelines, their somewhat limited scope, voluntary nature, and less than satisfactory implementation render their potential utility unrealised
Introduction to International Economics
An Introduction to International Economics
This book is designed for a one-semester or two-semester course in international economics, primarily targeting non-economics majors and programs in business, international relations, public policy and development studies. It has been written to make international economics accessible to wide student and professional audiences. The book assumes a minimal background in microeconomics and mathematics and goes beyond the usual trade-finance dichotom…
No Small Hope
This paper argues in favor of a basic goods approach to outcomes assessment in development policy analysis. It contrasts the basic goods approach with the utility-of-consumption and capabilities approaches and argues, on a number of grounds, that it is a more relevant and appropriate framework. The dimensions of the basic goods approach analyzed include a common, minimalist character, sense of justice, subjectivist-objectivist considerations, the…
Ideas, Development, and Globalization
Ideas are both a powerful influence on development and a key dimension of globalization. This paper considers three areas of inquiry related to ideas, development, and globalization. The first is the idea of development itself, along with the related issue of the idea of growth. The second is the role of ideas in globalization processes. The third is the question of ideas for development, along with the related issues of development knowledge man…
Ethiopia in the World Economy
Economic globalization can be evaluated with reference to at least three dimensions: trade, private capital flows, and migration. For each of these dimensions, pathways through which economic globalization can alleviate or contribute to poverty can be identified. This paper makes a preliminary examination of globalization and poverty in Ethiopia, one of the world's poorest countries. Ethiopia's integration with the world economy has specific feat…
From Sustainable Development Goals to Basic Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals have attracted both defenders and critics. Composed of seventeen goals and 169 targets, the overly broad scope of the SDGs raises the question of whether there are priorities that need to be set within them. This essay considers the SDGs from the perspective of a “basic goods approach” to development policy, which takes a needs-based and basic-subsistence-rights view on policy priorities. It focuses on a subset o…
The new OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
This viewpoint addresses the extent to which the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises adequately serve as a system of global governance for MNEs. We argue that, while a 2011 revision has strengthened the Guidelines, their somewhat limited scope, voluntary nature, and less than satisfactory implementation render their potential utility unrealised
No Small Hope
This paper argues in favor of a basic goods approach to outcomes assessment in development policy analysis. It contrasts the basic goods approach with the utility-of-consumption and capabilities approaches and argues, on a number of grounds, that it is a more relevant and appropriate framework. The dimensions of the basic goods approach analyzed include a common, minimalist character, sense of justice, subjectivist-objectivist considerations, the…
Ethiopia in the World Economy
Economic globalization can be evaluated with reference to at least three dimensions: trade, private capital flows, and migration. For each of these dimensions, pathways through which economic globalization can alleviate or contribute to poverty can be identified. This paper makes a preliminary examination of globalization and poverty in Ethiopia, one of the world's poorest countries. Ethiopia's integration with the world economy has specific feat…
Ethiopia in the World Economy
Economic globalization can be evaluated with reference to at least three dimensions: trade, private capital flows, and migration. For each of these dimensions, pathways through which economic globalization can alleviate or contribute to poverty can be identified. This paper makes a preliminary examination of globalization and poverty in Ethiopia, one of the world's poorest countries. Ethiopia's integration with the world economy has specific feat…
Ideas, Development, and Globalization
Ideas are both a powerful influence on development and a key dimension of globalization. This paper considers three areas of inquiry related to ideas, development, and globalization. The first is the idea of development itself, along with the related issue of the idea of growth. The second is the role of ideas in globalization processes. The third is the question of ideas for development, along with the related issues of development knowledge man…
An Introduction to International Economics
This book is designed for a one-semester or two-semester course in international economics, primarily targeting non-economics majors and programs in business, international relations, public policy and development studies. It has been written to make international economics accessible to wide student and professional audiences. The book assumes a minimal background in microeconomics and mathematics and goes beyond the usual trade-finance dichotom…
No Small Hope
This paper argues in favor of a basic goods approach to outcomes assessment in development policy analysis. It contrasts the basic goods approach with the utility-of-consumption and capabilities approaches and argues, on a number of grounds, that it is a more relevant and appropriate framework. The dimensions of the basic goods approach analyzed include a common, minimalist character, sense of justice, subjectivist-objectivist considerations, the…
Introduction to International Economics
The new OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
This viewpoint addresses the extent to which the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises adequately serve as a system of global governance for MNEs. We argue that, while a 2011 revision has strengthened the Guidelines, their somewhat limited scope, voluntary nature, and less than satisfactory implementation render their potential utility unrealised
No Small Hope
This book argues in favor of an approach to global policy priorities that emphasizes the attempt to put a minimal set of basic goods and services into the hands of everyone. This universal provision of basic goods and services includes nutritious food, clean water, sanitation, health services, education services, housing, electricity, and human security services. The book argues that this policy focus is appropriate both for practical and ethical…
Housing
This chapter considers housing as a basic good that satisfies critical basic human needs for shelter. Housing satisfies not only the human need for shelter but also as a place in which the provision of other basic goods can occur. The chapter also considers the widespread but unknown extent of housing deprivation and the consequent negative impacts for well-being, including health. It examines the subsistence right to housing and the role of this…
Education Services
This chapter considers education services as a basic good that satisfy critical basic human needs, which allow individuals to effectively participate in society. It considers the widespread nature of education services deprivation and the consequent negative impacts for well-being and growth. The chapter examines the subsistence right to education services and the role of this right within the United Nations system of human rights. It also examin…
Health Services
This chapter considers health services as a basic good that satisfy critical basic human needs for maintaining minimal levels of well-being. It considers the widespread nature of health services deprivation and the consequent negative health impacts. The chapter examines the subsistence right to health services and the role of this right within the United Nations system of human rights. It doing so, it makes a distinction between the right to hea…
Human Security
This chapter introduces the concept of human security and relates the concept to the basic goods approach. It considers the widespread nature of human security deprivation and the consequent negative impacts for well-being and safety. The chapter examines the right to human security and the central role of this right within the United Nations system of human rights. It considers the related concepts of the right to protect and humanitarian space,…
Basic Goods
This chapter describes the basic goods approach to global policy priorities. It reviews the treatment of human need in political philosophy, economics, and social policy and defines basic goods as those goods and services that meet objective human needs. The chapter identifies a set of basic goods that includes nutritious food, clean water, sanitation, health services, education services, housing, electricity, and human security services. It give…
Sanitation
This chapter considers sanitation as a basic good that satisfies critical basic human needs for health and hygiene. It considers the widespread nature of sanitation deprivation and the challenges of addressing this deprivation, which include increased population growth. It considers the myriad health impacts of poor sanitation. The chapter examines the subsistence right to sanitation and the role of this right within the United Nations system of …
Water
This chapter considers water as a basic good that satisfies critical basic human needs for drinking, hygiene, and food preparation. It considers the widespread nature of water deprivation and the challenges of addressing this deprivation, including climate change, water shortages, and increased population growth. The chapter examines the subsistence right to water and the role of this right within the United Nations system of human rights. It als…
What Matters
This introductory chapter introduces the basic goods approach and its relationship to the standard growth perspective and the capabilities/human development perspective. It defines basic goods and services as those that meet central and objective human needs and argues in favor of sustained attempts that achieve their universal provision. It identifies a set of basic goods that includes nutritious food, clean water, sanitation, health services, e…
From Sustainable Development Goals to Basic Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals have attracted both defenders and critics. Composed of seventeen goals and 169 targets, the overly broad scope of the SDGs raises the question of whether there are priorities that need to be set within them. This essay considers the SDGs from the perspective of a “basic goods approach” to development policy, which takes a needs-based and basic-subsistence-rights view on policy priorities. It focuses on a subset o…
Religion and Basic Goods Provision
The basic goods approach is a type of economic ethics that begins with the concept of human needs and focuses on the fulfilment of these needs through the provision of basic goods and services. This chapter uses the lens of common values to assess the extent to which the religious ethical traditions of Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam support a policy focus on basic goods provision. It also considers the relationship of the religious ethics of b…
Business (11 works) · Economics (11 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Human Rights and Development (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Subsistence agriculture (7 works) · Agriculture (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Engineering (5 works)