Abstract Why have relatively few countries joined the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption? Have countries that send children to the United States been more likely to join? The United States has joined this convention and prefers sending countries to do so also. However, our findings show that countries that send children to the United States are not more likely to join than other countries. In addition, countries with large “orphan” populations are less likely to join the convention. These findings have implications for the potential of the Hague Convention to improve transparency and accountability in intercountry adoption.

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艰难的承诺：跨国收养美国和加入海牙公约

摘要 为什么加入《跨国收养方面保护儿童及合作海牙公约》的国家相对较少？将儿童送到美国的国家是否更有可能加入？美国已加入该公约，并希望派遣国也这样做。然而，我们的研究结果表明，将儿童送到美国的国家并不比其他国家更有可能加入。此外，拥有大量“孤儿”人口的国家不太可能加入该公约。这些调查结果对《海牙公约》在提高跨国收养的透明度和问责制方面的潜力具有影响。