The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 5 part 1

The World Bank Legal Review Volume 5 Fostering Development through Opportunity, Inclusion, and Equity The World Bank Legal Review is a publication for policy makers and their advisers, judges, a orneys, and other professionals engaged in the field of international development with a particular focus on law, justice, and development. It oďŹ&#x20AC;ers a combination of legal scholarship, lessons from experience, legal developments, and recent research on the many ways in which the application of the law and the improvement of justice systems promote poverty reduction, economic development, and the rule of law. The World Bank Legal Review is part of the World Bank Law, Justice and Development Series managed by the Research and Editorial Board of the Bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legal Vice Presidency. Publication of The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 5 was made possible with support from the OPEC Fund for International Development.

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The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 5 part 1

Published on Nov 15, 2013

World Bank Publications

"This volume will explore the potentially transformative role of effective laws and legal institutions in providing people with more opportunity that is both inclusive and equitable. Laws, legal frameworks and judicial institutions can create opportunity by providing the space to build human capital and assets, create jobs, and encourage individuals and organizations to make productive investments based on a greater sense of stability. They can also promote inclusion by advancing access to jobs and expanding the reach and quality of services including access to justice as well as promote equity by supporting equal opportunities, promoting open and accountable governance, and effective judicial and legal institutions. The objective is to shift focus to laws, legal frameworks and judicial institutions. To this end, submissions will explore the potentially transformative role of effective laws and legal institutions in providing people with more opportunity that is both inclusive and

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