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?

• $300 million• 13 cases• 12 judges

• $13 million / yr• 5,000 cases / yr• 12 judges

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…

Plaintiff

Defendant

Plaintiff

Defendant

Cu

sto

mFo

rmal

More satisfied

More satisfied

Female plaintiff

Male defendant

Female plaintiff

Male defendant

Cu

sto

mFo

rmal

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

Community relations

Other party relations

Better off

Satisfied

Fair judgment

-0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4

Reported to custom

Reported to formal

Not harassed

Did not bribe

Legal knowledge

-0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3

Women

Subsistence

farmers

Ethnic minoritie

s

Wellbeing

Case results

Access costs

Improving access to formal law can improve economic outcomes

BUT

1. Legal reform is not enough

2. Need to engage with customary system

3. Outsider monitoring important