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Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh / Das, Maitreyi Bordia
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Das, Maitreyi Bordia
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gender and Law.
- Judicial System Reform.
- Justice.
- Law and Development.
- Legal Institutions of the Market Economy.
- Legal Products.
- Local conflict.
- Local dispute resolution.
- Policy reforms.
- Public Sector Corruption & Anticorruption Measures.
- Qualitative evidence.
- Local Subjects:
- Gender and Law.
- Judicial System Reform.
- Justice.
- Law and Development.
- Legal Institutions of the Market Economy.
- Legal Products.
- Local conflict.
- Local dispute resolution.
- Policy reforms.
- Public Sector Corruption & Anticorruption Measures.
- Qualitative evidence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (37 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2011
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The institutional landscape of local dispute resolution in Bangladesh is rich: it includes the traditional process of shalish, longstanding and impressive civil society efforts to improve on shalish, and a somewhat less-explored provision for gram adalat or village courts. Based on a nationally representative survey, qualitative evidence from focus groups, and a telephone survey of 40 Union Parishad chairpersons (a little less than 1 percent of the total Union Parishads), it provides both an empirical mapping of local conflict and justice and pointers to possible policy reforms. It suggests a number of opportunities for strengthening local justice and argues that the village courts may pose a useful bridge between Bangladesh's informal and formal justice institutions.
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