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1 online resource (278 pages) |
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Law, Development and Globalization |
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Law, development and globalization.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 A brief overview of three decades of donor reforms -- What is justice reform and is it one thing? -- What were the reasons for promoting the reforms? -- Regional evolution -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 2 What is meant by failure? -- The initial situation and how donor assistance changed it -- Why were programs considered failures? -- What explanations have been offered for program failures? -- What more is needed? -- Notes -- 3 Judicial independence, as promoted and as practiced |
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5 Reform as access to formal and informal mechanisms -- Introduction -- Definitional and measurement issues -- What donors have done -- The experience of more developed countries -- Real and potential effects of developed country practices on donor programs -- Notes -- 6 The extra-sector impacts of justice reform -- Introduction -- Economic impacts -- Democracy enhancement and justice reform -- Enhancing citizen security and reducing violent conflict -- Reducing inequality and empowering the poor -- Conclusions on extra-sector goals -- Notes -- 7 The next steps -- Introduction |
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Introduction -- A detour through some academic contributions -- What have donors done and accomplished? -- Emerging trends in the Global South and their implications for donor policy -- Donor country experience: does it add anything? -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 4 Improving performance: experience from more and less developed countries -- Introduction -- Increasing efficiency -- Improving the quality of sector outputs -- Combating corruption and other performance vices -- Summary of performance-enhancement programs and a word on the missing pieces -- Notes |
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Other constraints on donor activities -- Rule of law and other big ideas: what titles say about programs -- A revised agenda for justice reform assistance -- Shifting donor priorities, or is the advice too late? -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
This book explores the objectives pursued in donor programs, the methods used to advance them, and the underlying assumptions and strategies. It emphasizes the unexpected and sometimes unpleasant consequences of ignoring not only political and societal constraints but also advances in our technical approaches to performance improvement, the one area where the First World has a comparative advantage. The geographic scope of the work is broad, incorporating examples from Eastern and Central Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region as well as from several First World nations. Ju |
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Print version record |
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Economic assistance -- Developing countries
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Law reform -- Developing countries
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Rule of law -- Developing countries
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Economic assistance
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Law reform
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Rule of law
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Developing countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317810261 |
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1317810260 |
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