| World
        Development Report 2002:
        Building Institutions for Markets | 
       
      
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          - Foreword and Contents
            (90K) 
 
          - Foreword 
 
          - Table of Contents 
 
          - Definitions and data notes 
 
          - Part 1: Introduction 
 
          - Chapter 1: Building
            Institutions: Complement, Innovate, Connect, and Compete (226K) 
 
          - How do institutions support markets? 
 
          - How do institutions support growth and poverty reduction? 
 
          - How do you build effective institutions? 
 
          - Organization and scope of the Report 
 
          - Conclusions 
 
          - Part II: Firms 
 
          - Chapter 2: Farmers
            (215K) 
 
          - Building more secure and transferable rural land institutions 
 
          - Building effective and accessible rural financial institutions 
 
          - Building effective institutions for agricultural technology and innovation 
 
          - Conclusions 
 
          - Chapter 3: Governance of Firms
            (187K) 
 
          - What firms around the world look like 
 
          - Private governance institutions for firms 
 
          - Laws and formal intermediaries 
 
          - Conclusions 
 
          - Chapter 4: Financial Systems
            (404K) 
 
          - Should policymakers promote bank-based or market-based financial systems? 
 
          - What form should financial regulation take? 
 
          - Enhancing efficiency in the financial sector: the role of ownership and competition 
 
          - How foreign entry and e-finance can change the nature of financial markets 
 
          - How to enhance access to financial services 
 
          - Conclusions 
 
          - Part III: Government 
 
          - Chapter 5: Political
            Institutions and Governance (178K) 
 
          - Political institutions and policy choices 
 
          - Corruption 
 
          - Politics, institutions, and taxation 
 
          - Conclusions 
 
          - Chapter 6: The Judicial System
            (167K) 
 
          - Comparison of legal and judicial systems 
 
          - New evidence on two aspects of judicial efficiency: speed and cost 
 
          - Judicial reform efforts 
 
          - Fairness 
 
          - Conclusions 
 
          - Chapter 7: Competition
            (186K) 
 
          - Domestic competition 
 
          - International competition 
 
          - Conclusions 
 
          - Chapter 8: Regulation of
            Infrastructure (165K) 
 
          - Competition in infrastructure sectors 
 
          - Structure of the regulatory system 
 
          - Designing infrastructure regulation to deliver services to poor people 
 
          - Conclusions 
 
          - Part IV: Society 
 
          - Chapter 9: Norms and Networks
            (114K) 
 
          - Informal institutions in markets: their utility and shortcomings 
 
          - Building and adapting formal institutions 
 
          - Integrating informal and formal institutions 
 
          - Conclusions 
 
          - Chapter 10: The Media
            (147K) 
 
          - Independence 
 
          - Quality 
 
          - Broadening the medias reach 
 
          - Institutions to complement the media 
 
          - Conclusions 
 
          - Bibliographic Note
            (246K) 
 
          - Selected World Development
            Indicators (371K) 
 
          - Table 1. Key indicators of development
 
          - Table 2. Poverty and income distribution
 
          - Table 3. Economic activity
 
          - Table 4. Trade, aid, and finance
 
          - Table 1a Key indicators for other economies
 
          - Technical Notes
            (107K) 
  
        
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