Title: Justice for the Poor

Source/Sponsoring Agency: World Bank

URL: http://go.worldbank.org/SMIKY7M6O0

Date Checked: 3/12/2009      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 11/24/2008

Topics: Foreign Law

Other keywords: Customary law; Developing countries; Justice reform

Contents: Justice for the Poor (J4P) is a global research and development program sponsored by the World Bank. It aims at “informing, designing and supporting pro-poor approaches to justice reform” in a number of African and East Asian countries, where non-state and customary justices systems “are intertwined with, and are embedded in the social, economic and political structures.” The “Themes” section of the website provides a topical approach to the many reports and briefing notes made available on the site. Thematic categories include: land and natural resources, conflict, crime and violence, local governance, customary law, gender, labor disputes, and development effectiveness. Country-specific material can be found in the “Country Programs” section, covering Cambodia, Indonesia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands. The “Publications and Reports” section arranges all of the available reports by country or theme for easy access. Most documents are available free of charge as PDFs; some are available in multiple file formats. Like other branches of the World Bank website, J4P is equipped with an efficient search engine. It is generally informative to users, but the only available language of the website is English.

Author of Annotation: Yihan Zang