Post on 13-Dec-2015
Impact Evaluation 4 Peace24-27 March 2014, Lisbon, Portugal
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JUSTICE AND MEDIATION
Presenter: Bilal Siddiqi (Stanford / DECIE)Joint research with Justin Sandefur (CGD)
Partners: Carter Center, Oxford, USIP, GWUFunders: DFID, UN, IGC, OSF, IDLO
Latin America and the Caribbean’s Citizen SecurityTeam
Can improving access to formal law improve
economic outcomes?
1.Is there demand for formal law?
2.If yes, how can we improve supply?
Men suing men
Men suing women
Women suing
women
Women suing men
13%
0%
% disputes taken to formal by…
Men suing men
Men suing women
Women suing
women
Women suing men
13%
5%
0%
10%
% disputes takento formal by…
1. Is there demand for formal law?
Yes, for those facing bias under the custom
(e.g. women facing men)
2. How can we improve supply?
Family case Economic case
Violence case
40% 38% 41%
50%41% 33%
11%21% 26%
Advocacy
Mediation
Infor-mation
Child support
Less GBV
Land gained
Food security (child)
Food security (hhld)
-0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4