The International Politics of Legal Reforms: Hard Bilateralism, Soft Multilateralism and the World Bank’s “Doing Business” Indicators
Abstract The Law and Development literature still debates on the role of international institutions in promoting legal reforms as a means of inducing economic growth. This article takes one step further by arguing that incremental circumstances compelled such institutions to change from bilaterally-...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292017000100215&lng=en&tlng=en |
| Summary: | Abstract The Law and Development literature still debates on the role of international institutions in promoting legal reforms as a means of inducing economic growth. This article takes one step further by arguing that incremental circumstances compelled such institutions to change from bilaterally-binding pressures to soft-based multilateral strategies, by analyzing the gradual rise of the World Bank’s “Doing Business” initiative. |
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| ISSN: | 1983-3121 |