Does Legal Empowerment believe the major problem is a lack of adequate legal protections for the poor or the existence of dysfunction, unworkable legal structures in poorer nations?
It’s both. Citizens who live and work in the “informal sector” are locked out of recognized legal protections and economic benefits of the formal sector. However, in many developing countries, the formal sector suffers from a patchwork of conflicting, confusing and bureaucratic rules and procedures that hinder economic development. Q: For years, many anti-poverty efforts have assumed that poor populations lack a basic understanding of and appreciation for market-oriented structures found in Western economic systems. Are cultural differences at the root of the problem? A: To the contrary, there is ample evidence that even the poorest people of the world develop their own “informal” rules in order to document property rights, leverage their assets, resolve economic disputes, and establish rules for conducting business.
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- Does Legal Empowerment believe the major problem is a lack of adequate legal protections for the poor or the existence of dysfunction, unworkable legal structures in poorer nations?
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