Informal institutions
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- Collective action for effective dispute resolution
- ( Center for Advanced Study , 2006)
- Improving the performance of Cambodia’s justice sector has been a priority for the government and donors since the promulgation of the country’s current Constitution in 1993. This paper an...
- Integration of traditional and modern governance systems in Africa
- ( UN Economic Commission for Africa , 2007)
- This concept paper focuses on the traditional system of governance in Africa including their consensual decision-making models, as part of a broader effort to better define and advocate their role in ...
- Creative approaches to strengthening the justice institutions in Afghanistan
- ( Center for Policy and Human Development , 2007)
- The central theme of this Human Development Report is that country's judicial system is a first line of defence to many social ills in any democracy, but particularly in war ravaged societies. Institu...
- A national strategy for justice sector reforms in Indonesia
- ( World Bank Publications , 2007)
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This briefing note discusses a national strategy for access to justice in Indonesia to complement the ongoing efforts to reform the country’s justice system. It says that comprehensive justic...
- How farmers’ organisations help poorer farmers gain access to agricultural services
- ( B. Wennink;S. Nederlof;W. Heemskerk / Royal Tropical Institute , 2008)
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Farmers’ organisations (FOs) in Sub-Saharan Africa play an increasing importance role in allowing farmers to access agricultural services. But are poorer and disadvantaged...
- Effective legal protection for land rights in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire
- ( R. Crook; S. Affou; D. Hammond; A.F. Vanga; M Owusu Yeboah / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2007)
- This paper provides an analysis of the effectiveness and equitability of West African judicial, legal and administrative institutions for:providing accessible dispute resolutionprotecting ...
- Can customary law promote Tanzanian water management?
- ( L. K. Nkonya / Law Environment and Development Journal , 2006)
- This study analyses the impact of customary (informal) laws on water management in Tanzania and shows how they might be used to complement the statutory (formal) laws for management of drinking water ...
- Comparing qualitative and quantitative analysis of strategies used by the urban poor in Delhi to access government services
- ( S. Jha; V. Rao; M. Woolcock / Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis , 2005)
- This study uses qualitative and quantitative analysis to examine the strategies developed by the urban poor in Delhi to access government services. It explores the difficulty of access to governance ...
- Customary land delivery practices in African urban areas
- ( Michael Mattingly;Alain Durand-Lasserve / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2004)
- Urban poor people in sub-Saharan Africa, often excluded from formal systems of land management, increasingly obtain shelter through other means. Informal systems to deliver land in cities borrow featu...
- Does informal housing land delivery work for urban poor people in Africa?
- ( C. Rakodi; R. Musyoka; C.U. Ikejifor; F. Kalabamu; E. Nkurunziza; L.C. Mulenga; C. Leduka / International Development Department, University of Birmingham , 2005)
- Informal systems for land delivery, which have in many cases evolved from earlier customary practices, still account for over half the land supplied for housing in African cities and are a particularl...
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