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Biblioteca Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh

Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh

Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh

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Date of publication
Marzo 2012
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oai:openknowledge.worldbank.org:10986/3545

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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Das, Maitreyi Bordia
Maru, Vivek

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