Informal institutions
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- The need for interaction between the customary criminal justice system and the formal system in Zambia
- ( Institute for Security Studies, South Africa , 2009)
- This paper reviews the Zambian criminal justice system and draws attention to the need for reforms in that will enhance human security. It notes that Zambia has made great progress since the re-establ...
- What needs to be done in establishing good governance in Africa?
- ( P. Chabal / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) , 2009)
- Informal, neo-patrimonial power structures partly explain why over 30 years of structural adjustment and calls for good governance have failed to inspire lasting change in Africa. What can be done?...
- A case for increasing UNDP's engagement with informal justice system
- ( E. Wojkowska / UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , 2006)
- This paper is for practitioners working on access to justice. It presents a case for UNDP to increase its engagement with informal justice systems so that access to justice for poor and disadvantaged ...
- Traditional leaders in sub-Saharan Africa
- ( Danish Institute for International Studies , 2006)
- This paper reviews recent literature on the role of traditional leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa and discusses the potential, often complex consequences of the current waves of democratisation and recogn...
- Traditional leaders in Mozambique
- ( L. Buur;H. Maria Kyed / Danish Institute for International Studies , 2006)
- Twenty-five years after the FRELIMO government abolished the formal power of traditional leaders in Mozambique, the Decree 15/2000 provided for their re-inclusion in the performance of a long list of ...
- For a synergy of traditional and formal justice systems
- ( L. W. Kimathi / Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa , 2005)
- This paper looks at how the various legal systems in Africa could benefit from the rich experiences of traditional and popular judicial systems which play a central role in large parts of the continen...
- A framework to understand informal institutions in rural development
- ( C. High;M. Pelling;G Nemes / Insitute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , 2005)
- This paper focuses on the institutional analysis of rural development, broadly defined as the processes of change that can be observed in rural economy and society. ...
- Making sense of non-state justice systems in Southern Africa
- ( W. Schärf / Institute of Criminology, University of Cape Town, South Africa , 2003)
- This report investigates non-state justice systems in six southern African countries: South Africa, Malawi, Botswana, Lesotho, Zambia and Mozambique. The report argues that contrary to the generally h...
- The role of traditional chiefs in development
- ( D. I. Ray;G. Eizlini / The Traditional Authority Applied Research Network, University of Calgary , 2004)
- This paper evaluates the potential and the reality of traditional chiefs in contributing to development, based on a on a newspaper survey. It focuses on three major themes addressing the involvement o...
- Customary legal systems in South Africa, Rwanda and Tanzania
- ( L Chirayath;C Sage;M Woolcock / World Bank , 2005)
- This paper attempts to bring customary systems into central focus in the ongoing debate about legal and regulatory reform. It first analyses the ongoing challenges and critiques of customary legal sys...
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