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    Will consolidation improve sub-national governments?

    W F Fox, T Gurley / World Bank, 2006
    Countries often consider consolidation of local governments as a means to lower service delivery costs, improve service quality, enhance accountability, improve equity or expand participation in government.
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    Corruption and decentralised public governance

    World Bank, 2006
    This paper examines the conceptual and empirical basis of corruption and governance and concludes that decentralised local governance is conducive to reduced corruption in the long run. This is because
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    Corruption in tax administration

    M. C. Purohit / World Bank, 2007
    This paper, a book chapter, focuses on corruption in tax administration. It discusses the main causes of corruption in tax administration, analyses the role of procedures for administering some taxes, and reviews the impact of tax-related corruption on the economy. The author identifies the following causes of corruption in tax-administration:
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    A comparative institutional framework for responsive, responsible, and accountable local governance

    World Bank, 2006
    This paper, a book chapter, presents a brief overview of the conceptual and institutional literature
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    The new vision of local governance and the evolving roles of local governments

    A. Shah, S. Shah / World Bank, 2006
    This paper  presents a brief overview of the conceptual and institutional literature on local governance. A synthesis of the conceptual literature suggests that the modern role of a local government is to deal with market failures as well as government failures.
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    Performance accountability and combating corruption

    A. Shah (ed) / World Bank, 2008
    This book presents the latest thinking of leading development scholars on operationalising a framework of governance to empower citizens to demand accountability from their governments.
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    Institutional framework for legal and judicial training in South Asia

    World Bank, 2006
    This paper presents the experience of Bangladesh and Nepal in developing, planning, managing, and facilitating legal and judicial training. In particular the paper reviews the performance of the National Judicial Academy (NJA) of Nepal and the Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) of Bangladesh.
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    Taking stock of the "first generation" of financial sector legal reform

    World Bank, 2008
    The World Bank has been closely involved through its structural adjustment and technical assistance programmes with financial sector legal reform initiatives in developing, emerging and transitioning economies.
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    Access to justice in Sierra Leone: a review of the literature

    P. Dale / World Bank, 2007
    This paper presents a review of literature on the current state of local level justice institutions and access to justice in Sierra Leone’s provinces.
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    Barriers to justice in Sierra Leone

    P. Dale / World Bank, 2007
    Sierra Leone operates under a bifurcated legal structure which incorporates both elements of traditional or customary law and a formal system based on English common law. This paper says that Sierra Leoneans attempt to access justice through the country’s complex legal system encounters a number of barriers. These include:

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