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Creating a Legal Framework for Economic Development

Posner, R. A.·1998·The World Bank Research Observer
DOI 10.1093/wbro/13.1.1
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A modernizing nation's economic prosperity requires at least a modest legal infrastructure centered on the protection of property and contract rights. The essential legal reform required to create that infrastructure may be the adoption of a system of relatively precise legal rules, as distinct from more open-ended standards or a heavy investment in upgrading the nation's judiciary. A virtuous cycle can arise in which initially modest expenditures on law reform increase the rate of economic growth, in turn generating resources that will enable more ambitious legal reforms to be undertaken in the future.

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Authors
Posner, R. A.
Venue
The World Bank Research Observer
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1998-02-01
Volume
13
Issue
1
Pages
1-11
ISSN
  • 0257-3032 (ISSN-L)
  • 1564-6971
DOI
10.1093/wbro/13.1.1
OpenAlex
W2155639366
Cited by
256
References
14
FWCI
16.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
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