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How Do Local-Level Legal Institutions Promote Development? An Exploratory Essay

This paper develops a framework and some hypotheses regarding the impact of local-level, informal legal institutions on three economic outcomes: aggregate growth, inequality, and human capabilities. It presents a set of stylized differences between...

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Main Author: Gauri, Varun
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ABUSE
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ACTIONS
ADAT LAW
ADJUDICATION
AUTHORITY
CARTELS
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL SOCIETY
CLAN LEADERS
CODES
COMMON LAW
COMPARATIVE LAW
CONCILIATION
CONSTITUTIONS
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
CONTRACT LAW
COURT
COURTS
CRIME
CRIMINAL
CRIMINAL LAW
CUSTOMARY LAW
CUSTOMS
DELIVERY OF SERVICES
DEMOCRACY
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
DIVISION OF PROPERTY
DIVORCE
DOMESTIC ABUSE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
FAMILIES
FINES
HOME
HOMICIDE
HOUSES
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUSBAND
INDIGENOUS WOMEN
INEQUALITIES
INEQUALITY
INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION
INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS
INFORMAL SECTOR
INHERITANCE
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
INVESTIGATION
JUDGE
JUDGES
JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS
JUDICIAL POWER
JUDICIAL REFORM
JUDICIAL REVIEW
JUSTICE SYSTEM
JUSTICES
LAND DISPUTES
LAW BOOKS
LAWS
LEGAL DEVELOPMENT
LEGAL INSTITUTIONS
LEGAL JUSTICE
LEGAL PLURALISM
LEGAL PROTECTION
LEGAL SYSTEMS
LIBERTIES
LIBERTY
MEDIATION
OFFENDER
PERSONAL PROPERTY
PERSONAL SECURITY
POLITICAL CONDITIONS
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL POWER
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC
PUBLIC LAW
RAPE
RESIDENCES
ROLE OF LAW
RULE OF LAW
SANCTION
SANCTIONS
SEPARATION OF POWERS
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIAL CHANGES
SOCIAL JUSTICE
STATE INSTITUTIONS
VICTIMS
VIOLENCE
WIFE
WILL
WOMAN
YOUTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/11409829/local-level-legal-institutions-promote-development-exploratory-essay
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18109

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/11409829/local-level-legal-institutions-promote-development-exploratory-essay
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18109

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