World development report 2002 : Building Institutions for markets

Contents:
PART I INTRODUCTION ;
1 Building Institutions: Complement, Innovate, Connect, and Compete 3;
How do institutions support markets? . 5;
How do institutions support growth and poverty reduction? 9;
How do you build effective institutions? 10;
Organization and scope of the Report . 25;
Conclusions 26;
PART II FIRMS ;
2 Farmers 31;
Building more secure and transferable rural land institutions 32;
Building effective and accessible rural financial institutions . 39;
Building effective institutions for agricultural technology and innovation 43;
Conclusions 52;
3 Governance of Firms 55;
What firms around the world look like 57;
Private governance institutions for firms 58;
Laws and formal intermediaries 63;
Conclusions 73;
4 Financial Systems 75;
Should policymakers promote bank-based or market-based financial systems? 77;
What form should financial regulation take? 79;
Enhancing efficiency in the financial sector: the role of ownership and competition . 84;
How foreign entry and e-finance can change the nature of financial markets . 88;
How to enhance access to financial services 91;
Conclusions 96;
Contents;
PART III GOVERNMENT;
5 Political Institutions and Governance 99;
Political institutions and policy choices 101;
Corruption 105;
Politics, institutions, and taxation 110;
Conclusions 115;
6 The Judicial System 117;
Comparison of legal and judicial systems . 120;
New evidence on two aspects of judicial efficiency: speed and cost 121;
Judicial reform efforts 124;
Fairness 129;
Conclusions 131;
7 Competition 133;
Domestic competition 135;
International competition 142;
Conclusions 149;
8 Regulation of Infrastructure 151;
Competition in infrastructure sectors . 154;
Structure of the regulatory system 158;
Designing infrastructure regulation to deliver services to poor people 161;
Conclusions 166;
PART IV SOCIETY;
9 Norms and Networks 171;
Informal institutions in markets: their utility and shortcomings 172;
Building and adapting formal institutions . 176;
Integrating informal and formal institutions 178;
Conclusions 179;
10 The Media 181;
Independence 183;
Quality 188;
Broadening the media’s reach 190;
Institutions to complement the media 192;
Conclusions 192;
Bibliographic Note 195;
Selected World Development Indicators 229.