The International Politics of Legal Reforms: Hard Bilateralism, Soft Multilateralism and the World Bank’s “Doing Business” Indicators

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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Main Author: Yi Shin Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais 2017-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
Subjects:
legal reforms
international development
World Bank
Doing Business
Latin America
Asia
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292017000100215&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-4d97288f79944822b6151d01bf03bd312020-11-24T22:33:26ZengInstituto Brasileiro de Relações InternacionaisRevista Brasileira de Política Internacional1983-31212017-10-0160110.1590/0034-73292017001017S0034-73292017000100215The International Politics of Legal Reforms: Hard Bilateralism, Soft Multilateralism and the World Bank’s “Doing Business” IndicatorsYi Shin TangAbstract 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292017000100215&lng=en&tlng=enlegal reformsinternational developmentWorld BankDoing BusinessLatin AmericaAsia
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The International Politics of Legal Reforms: Hard Bilateralism, Soft Multilateralism and the World Bank’s “Doing Business” Indicators
Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
legal reforms
international development
World Bank
Doing Business
Latin America
Asia
author_facet Yi Shin Tang
author_sort Yi Shin Tang
title The International Politics of Legal Reforms: Hard Bilateralism, Soft Multilateralism and the World Bank’s “Doing Business” Indicators
title_short The International Politics of Legal Reforms: Hard Bilateralism, Soft Multilateralism and the World Bank’s “Doing Business” Indicators
title_full The International Politics of Legal Reforms: Hard Bilateralism, Soft Multilateralism and the World Bank’s “Doing Business” Indicators
title_fullStr The International Politics of Legal Reforms: Hard Bilateralism, Soft Multilateralism and the World Bank’s “Doing Business” Indicators
title_full_unstemmed The International Politics of Legal Reforms: Hard Bilateralism, Soft Multilateralism and the World Bank’s “Doing Business” Indicators
title_sort international politics of legal reforms: hard bilateralism, soft multilateralism and the world bank’s “doing business” indicators
publisher Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais
series Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
issn 1983-3121
publishDate 2017-10-01
description 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.
topic legal reforms
international development
World Bank
Doing Business
Latin America
Asia
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