Gender and Law in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa : The Role of the World Bank - Gender-Responsive Institutional, Policy and Legal/Regulatory Frameworks

Law is society's institution which articulates rules to govern legal and non-legal institutions. Rules of legal institutions aim to protect the citizen against discretionary and arbitrary power, ensure equality with others and guarantee proced...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN BANK LENDING BANK POLICIES BEST PRACTICE CHOICE OF LAW CIVIL LAW CIVIL SOCIETY COLLATERAL COMPETITIVE MARKET CONSTITUTIONAL LAW COURTS CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY LAWS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES EQUALITY FAMILY RELATIONS GENDER GENDER AND LAW GENDER CONCERNS GENDER DIMENSION GENDER IMPLICATIONS GENDER POLICY GENDER-RESPONSIVE LAWS GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT POLICY INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INSTITUTIONAL BARRIER INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTRUMENT JUDICIAL FRAMEWORKS JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL REFORMS JUDICIAL SERVICES JUDICIARY LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGAL ISSUES LEGAL REFORMS LEGAL STATUS LEGAL STATUS OF WOMEN LEGAL TRADITIONS LEGISLATION LENDING INSTRUMENTS LINKAGE BETWEEN GENDER LOAN MARKET ECONOMY OWNERSHIP OF LAND POLICY FOR WOMEN PROPERTY RIGHTS REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RULE OF LAW STATUTORY LAW WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/03/12384161/gender-law-francophone-sub-saharan-africa-role-world-bank-gender-responsive-institutional-policy-legalregulatory-frameworks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9846

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spelling	okr-10986-98462021-04-23T14:02:47Z Gender and Law in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa : The Role of the World Bank - Gender-Responsive Institutional, Policy and Legal/Regulatory Frameworks World Bank ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN BANK LENDING BANK POLICIES BEST PRACTICE CHOICE OF LAW CIVIL LAW CIVIL SOCIETY COLLATERAL COMPETITIVE MARKET CONSTITUTIONAL LAW COURTS CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY LAWS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES EQUALITY FAMILY RELATIONS GENDER GENDER AND LAW GENDER CONCERNS GENDER DIMENSION GENDER IMPLICATIONS GENDER POLICY GENDER-RESPONSIVE LAWS GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT POLICY INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INSTITUTIONAL BARRIER INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTRUMENT JUDICIAL FRAMEWORKS JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL REFORMS JUDICIAL SERVICES JUDICIARY LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGAL ISSUES LEGAL REFORMS LEGAL STATUS LEGAL STATUS OF WOMEN LEGAL TRADITIONS LEGISLATION LENDING INSTRUMENTS LINKAGE BETWEEN GENDER LOAN MARKET ECONOMY OWNERSHIP OF LAND POLICY FOR WOMEN PROPERTY RIGHTS REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RULE OF LAW STATUTORY LAW WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT Law is society's institution which articulates rules to govern legal and non-legal institutions. Rules of legal institutions aim to protect the citizen against discretionary and arbitrary power, ensure equality with others and guarantee procedural fairness. Impartial administration of the law through independent accessible courts and a democratic process of law-making, defines and enforces the limits and powers of state institutions and sets out the scope of legitimate state intervention in the affairs of its citizens. To the extent that the rule of law accomplishes this, a neutral legal order exists, capable of supporting the competitive market economy in the following ways: a) ensuring predictability and security of property rights and transactions; b) limiting arbitrary and discretional rational power of the state and its agents; c) maintaining the independence of the judiciary and at the same time curtailing judicial activism; and d) limiting the retroactivity of rules of law. Because of the lack of a formalized private sector in Africa, in many countries the State plays a major role in economic activity; it may supercede or qualify the market. This makes it even more important that the law should emphasize fair and efficient administration. 2012-08-13T09:41:17Z 2012-08-13T09:41:17Z 2000-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/03/12384161/gender-law-francophone-sub-saharan-africa-role-world-bank-gender-responsive-institutional-policy-legalregulatory-frameworks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9846 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 155 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic	ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN BANK LENDING BANK POLICIES BEST PRACTICE CHOICE OF LAW CIVIL LAW CIVIL SOCIETY COLLATERAL COMPETITIVE MARKET CONSTITUTIONAL LAW COURTS CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY LAWS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES EQUALITY FAMILY RELATIONS GENDER GENDER AND LAW GENDER CONCERNS GENDER DIMENSION GENDER IMPLICATIONS GENDER POLICY GENDER-RESPONSIVE LAWS GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT POLICY INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INSTITUTIONAL BARRIER INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTRUMENT JUDICIAL FRAMEWORKS JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL REFORMS JUDICIAL SERVICES JUDICIARY LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGAL ISSUES LEGAL REFORMS LEGAL STATUS LEGAL STATUS OF WOMEN LEGAL TRADITIONS LEGISLATION LENDING INSTRUMENTS LINKAGE BETWEEN GENDER LOAN MARKET ECONOMY OWNERSHIP OF LAND POLICY FOR WOMEN PROPERTY RIGHTS REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RULE OF LAW STATUTORY LAW WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle	ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN BANK LENDING BANK POLICIES BEST PRACTICE CHOICE OF LAW CIVIL LAW CIVIL SOCIETY COLLATERAL COMPETITIVE MARKET CONSTITUTIONAL LAW COURTS CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY LAWS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES EQUALITY FAMILY RELATIONS GENDER GENDER AND LAW GENDER CONCERNS GENDER DIMENSION GENDER IMPLICATIONS GENDER POLICY GENDER-RESPONSIVE LAWS GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT POLICY INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INSTITUTIONAL BARRIER INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTRUMENT JUDICIAL FRAMEWORKS JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL REFORMS JUDICIAL SERVICES JUDICIARY LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGAL ISSUES LEGAL REFORMS LEGAL STATUS LEGAL STATUS OF WOMEN LEGAL TRADITIONS LEGISLATION LENDING INSTRUMENTS LINKAGE BETWEEN GENDER LOAN MARKET ECONOMY OWNERSHIP OF LAND POLICY FOR WOMEN PROPERTY RIGHTS REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RULE OF LAW STATUTORY LAW WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT World Bank Gender and Law in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa : The Role of the World Bank - Gender-Responsive Institutional, Policy and Legal/Regulatory Frameworks
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description	Law is society's institution which articulates rules to govern legal and non-legal institutions. Rules of legal institutions aim to protect the citizen against discretionary and arbitrary power, ensure equality with others and guarantee procedural fairness. Impartial administration of the law through independent accessible courts and a democratic process of law-making, defines and enforces the limits and powers of state institutions and sets out the scope of legitimate state intervention in the affairs of its citizens. To the extent that the rule of law accomplishes this, a neutral legal order exists, capable of supporting the competitive market economy in the following ways: a) ensuring predictability and security of property rights and transactions; b) limiting arbitrary and discretional rational power of the state and its agents; c) maintaining the independence of the judiciary and at the same time curtailing judicial activism; and d) limiting the retroactivity of rules of law. Because of the lack of a formalized private sector in Africa, in many countries the State plays a major role in economic activity; it may supercede or qualify the market. This makes it even more important that the law should emphasize fair and efficient administration.
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title	Gender and Law in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa : The Role of the World Bank - Gender-Responsive Institutional, Policy and Legal/Regulatory Frameworks
title_short	Gender and Law in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa : The Role of the World Bank - Gender-Responsive Institutional, Policy and Legal/Regulatory Frameworks
title_full	Gender and Law in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa : The Role of the World Bank - Gender-Responsive Institutional, Policy and Legal/Regulatory Frameworks
title_fullStr	Gender and Law in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa : The Role of the World Bank - Gender-Responsive Institutional, Policy and Legal/Regulatory Frameworks
title_full_unstemmed	Gender and Law in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa : The Role of the World Bank - Gender-Responsive Institutional, Policy and Legal/Regulatory Frameworks
title_sort	gender and law in francophone sub-saharan africa : the role of the world bank - gender-responsive institutional, policy and legal/regulatory frameworks
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/03/12384161/gender-law-francophone-sub-saharan-africa-role-world-bank-gender-responsive-institutional-policy-legalregulatory-frameworks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9846
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Gender and Law in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa : The Role of the World Bank - Gender-Responsive Institutional, Policy and Legal/Regulatory Frameworks

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