Toward More Effective and Legitimate Institutions to Handle Problems of Justice in Solomon Islands

Toward More Effective and Legitimate Institutions to Handle Problems of Justice in Solomon Islands

This policy note summarizes key lessons and conclusions from the World Bank's engagement in Solomon Islands under the justice for the poor program, which has been active in that country since 2009. It interprets what has been learned in connec...

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Main Authors:	Porter, Douglas, Isser, Deborah, Venning, Philippa
Format:	Economic & Sector Work
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ABUSE ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE APPARATUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES AUTHORITY BEST PRACTICES BUILDING STATE CAPACITY BUREAUCRACY CASH BENEFITS CENTRALIZATION CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COLLUSION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY POLICING COMPENSATION CONFIDENCE CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUTION CORRUPTION COUNCILS COURT COURTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CASES CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRISES DECENTRALIZATION DISCRETION DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISTRICTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ETHNIC TENSION EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE POWER FAMILY VIOLENCE FEMALE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FORMAL INSTITUTIONS GENDER GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS GROWTH RATE HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HUSBAND HUSBANDS INCOME INEQUALITIES INHERITANCE INITIATIVE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUDGE JUDICIAL SECTOR JUDICIAL SERVICES JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICE LEADERSHIP LEGAL STATUS LEGITIMACY LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL AUTHORITY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNANCE MAGISTRATES MALE AUTHORITIES MEDIA MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT MINISTER NATION BUILDING NATURAL RESOURCES OFFENSES PATRONAGE POLICE POLICE ADMINISTRATION POLICE FORCE POLICE OFFICERS POLICING POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICAL COMMITMENT POLITICAL COMPETITION POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INFLUENCE POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS POOR GOVERNANCE PRIME MINISTER PROSECUTION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC REVENUES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SPENDING RAPE REMEDIES REPRESENTATIVES SANCTION SERVICE DELIVERY SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIAL CLEAVAGES SOCIAL DISINTEGRATION SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL NORMS SOVEREIGNTY STATE AGENCIES STATE AUTHORITIES STATE COURTS THIEF TRIAL TRIALS VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VOTING WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/03/24095499/toward-more-effective-legitimate-institutions-handle-problems-justice-solomon-islands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21598

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Summary:	This policy note summarizes key lessons and conclusions from the World Bank's engagement in Solomon Islands under the justice for the poor program, which has been active in that country since 2009. It interprets what has been learned in connection with a question posed at the start of this program: what can be done to support more effective and legitimate institutions to handle problems of justice in Solomon Islands?. To answer this question, the note is organized around a set of three questions. First, what are Solomon Islanders' main justice concerns? Second, how are these concerns being handled today, to what extent are people satisfied, and why? Third, what can Solomon Islanders and their development partners do to improve justice outcomes? This note is an effort to shift the standard discourse on building justice institutions to a problem driven approach that seeks to grapple with the contextual peculiarities of Solomon Islands. The approach, which this note aims to illustrate, begins with an assessment of how problems are experienced by citizens and then examines how these issues are being handled by public authorities, whether secular, religious, chiefly, or kastom in nature. It then considers the conditions under which these authorities may work differently and also the likelihood that powerful players and citizens will invest in the forms of institutions needed to incrementally, but appreciably, deliver better results.

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