An Empirical Evaluation of the Impact of Dispute Resolution Systems on Poverty: A Governance-Related Focus on Developing Countries

Posted: 2 Jan 2008

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Edgardo Buscaglia

International Law and Economic Development Center

Abstract

The paper is aimed at assessing the access to dispute resolution mechanisms faced by the poorest 20 percent of rural households experiencing land-titling related conflicts within a sample of seventeen developing middle and low income countries. The conclusions presented here are based on a theoretical and empirical framework first introduced by Buscaglia (2001) and empirically tested in Colombia in Buscaglia and Stephan (2005) aimed at assessing the factors linked to access to justice in developing countries. Part II provides conceptual and descriptive account for the subsequent empirical analysis in Part III.

Keywords: access to justice, judicial reform, corruption, case management, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, ADR, poverty and court systems, informal dispute resolution mechanisms

JEL Classification: C20, C80, C90, K10, K19, K41, K4, K00

Suggested Citation

Buscaglia, Edgardo, An Empirical Evaluation of the Impact of Dispute Resolution Systems on Poverty: A Governance-Related Focus on Developing Countries. UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1079823

Edgardo Buscaglia (Contact Author)

International Law and Economic Development Center ( email )

CA 01080
Mexico

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