This Brief introduces the Justice Pillars Towards Evidence-Based Reform (JUPITER) initiative, a standardized yet flexible, country-based assessment tool that evaluates the effectiveness of justice systems...
Judicial map reforms refer to an emerging stream of reform programs that attempts to improve the responsiveness of the justice system by adjusting the courts’ location, size, and jurisdiction to demographic...
This Brief examines the complex relationship between statutory courts and customary law systems, highlighting the historical context that fostered legal pluralism in many countries. It argues that attempts...
Small claims courts and procedures play an important role in enhancing the efficiency and accessibility of the justice system. When well-designed, they can significantly streamline judicial processes...
Adequate budgeting of the judiciary is critical for the effective delivery of justice. This brief presents trends in judicial budgets. Courts account for less than 2 percent of total government expenditure...
This note explores the use of technology to enhance the efficiency, transparency, and accessibility of judicial service delivery. It examines how technological solutions can support streamlining internal...
This Factsheet provides an overview of the Justice sector in Arab Republic of Egypt according to key performance indicators.
The functioning of the judiciary is one of the most significant constraints for doing business in Serbia, as evidenced by both international reports and surveys of the business sector. A well-functioning...
The development objective of the Zanzibar Judicial Modernization Project (Zi-JUMP) for Tanzania is to enhance the accessibility, efficiency, and transparency of selected citizen-centric judicial services...
The eagerness with which governments across the world rushed to digitize their court systems during the COVID-19 pandemic might create an impression that new technologies alone can solve the multitude...
Liberia’s lack of effectiveness in handling judicial disputes has been consistently recognized as a weakness and one of the main obstacles to the country’s transition out of fragility. Liberia performs...
The Romanian justice sector – like in most countries – is comprised of multiple institutions, cutting across different branches of government, making the implementation of complex but necessary reforms...
This report explores the paths to increase access to justice in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCS). It provides an analytical overview of the most common barriers to access to justice and presents...
A detailed commercial arbitration operational manual will assist the implementation of the New York Convention. Such a manual could draw on tools created by relevant international or other organizations...
This report focuses on improving the appeals and cassation systems in Uzbekistan.
This topic brief is the second out of three to support the digital transformation of judicial institutions in Uzbekistan. This topic brief discusses the usage of the data collected by the case management...
This topic brief is the first out of three topic briefs to support the digital transformation of judicial institutions in Uzbekistan. An early stage in the process of digital transformation of courts and...
This report delivers on Activity a) under the Component 3 of the RAS Agreement. It provides the finalized reports on training developed and delivered in respect of Financial Audit (Chapter 1), Compliance...
This Baseline Report has been developed under а Reimbursable Advisory Services (RAS) Agreement between the Government of Greece and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the World...
This report forms part of the World Bank’s technical assistance to the Romanian Court of Accounts (RCoA) in updating its audit standards, specifically providing recommendations to the Court regarding the...