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
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/03/24095499/toward-more-effective-legitimate-institutions-handle-problems-justice-solomon-islands
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Porter, Douglas
Isser, Deborah
Venning, Philippa
Toward More Effective and Legitimate Institutions to Handle Problems of Justice in Solomon Islands
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Solomon Islands
description 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.
format Economic & Sector Work
author Porter, Douglas
Isser, Deborah
Venning, Philippa
author_facet Porter, Douglas
Isser, Deborah
Venning, Philippa
author_sort Porter, Douglas
title Toward More Effective and Legitimate Institutions to Handle Problems of Justice in Solomon Islands
title_short Toward More Effective and Legitimate Institutions to Handle Problems of Justice in Solomon Islands
title_full Toward More Effective and Legitimate Institutions to Handle Problems of Justice in Solomon Islands
title_fullStr Toward More Effective and Legitimate Institutions to Handle Problems of Justice in Solomon Islands
title_full_unstemmed Toward More Effective and Legitimate Institutions to Handle Problems of Justice in Solomon Islands
title_sort toward more effective and legitimate institutions to handle problems of justice in solomon islands
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/03/24095499/toward-more-effective-legitimate-institutions-handle-problems-justice-solomon-islands
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spelling okr-10986-215982021-04-23T14:04:03Z Toward More Effective and Legitimate Institutions to Handle Problems of Justice in Solomon Islands Porter, Douglas Isser, Deborah Venning, Philippa 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 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. 2015-03-12T13:29:38Z 2015-03-12T13:29:38Z 2015-03 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 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note East Asia and Pacific Solomon Islands