Good Government and Law: Legal and Institutional Reform in Developing Countries

The provision of legal technical assistance has in recent years become a major concern for international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, and for Western-based bilateral donor agencies. This book offers critical perspectives for the evaluation of legal technical assistance projects and contains proposals for action and research. Five chapters offer general perspectives on law, state and civil society and the remaining six case studies on themes such as economic regulation, agrarian reform, representation of women and access to justice.

Foreword - Acknowledgements - Abbreviations and Acronyms - Notes on the Contributors - Seminar Participants - INTRODUCTION - Legal Technical Assistance; J.Faundez - GENERAL PERSPECTIVES - Law, Governance and the Developments of the Market: Practical Problems and Possible Solutions; P.McAuslan - Comment; J.R.Thome - Bureaucracy and Law and Order; R.Green - Comment; A.Annan - Civil Society, Good Government and Neo-Liberal Reforms; N.Bermeo - Comment; A.de Capitani - Political Mandate, Institutional Change and Economic Reform; L.Frischtak - Comment; P.McAuslan - CASE STUDIES - The Need for a Regulatory Framework in the Development and Liberalisation of Financial Markets; R.Annibale - Comment; R.Green - Public Utilities: Is the British Experience a Model for Developing Countries?; J.McEldowney - Comment; M.Rowat - Competition Policy in Latin America: Legal and Institutional Issues; M.Rowat - Comment; L.J.Diez -Canseco Nunez - Land Rights and Agrarian Reform: Latin American and South African Perspectives; J.R.Thome - Comment; L.Tshuma - Access to Justice in South and South-East Asia; R.Cranston - Comment; M.L.V.Pessoa de Mendonca - Women, Representation and Good Government: Perspectives on India and Chile; S.Rai - Comment; A.Matear - Index