Citizens are demanding change throughout the Latin American and Caribbean region. They want more honest, effective, and efficient public sectors to help achieve social and economic development. How is the World Bank helping? + Topic brief
Objective studies confirm the view that the region's institutions have been lagging behind those in other regions. A World Bank analysis found that LAC scored lower in the 1980s and 1990s than all regions except sub-Saharan Africa on an index of institutional strength based on perceived quality of service, corruption, the enforceability of contracts and other indicators.  Read more

Juzgado de paz movil
The Honduras' mobile courts services was selected as one of the most innovative initiatives during the 2008 World Bank’s Innovation Fair for the Latin America and Caribbean Region. This initiative offers a traveling judicial service that visits local jurisdictions to resolve legal disagreements, remove long travel to big cities, and eliminate fear of the justice system.  Details

Lessons Learned from the Colombia Judicial Conflict Resolution   
The event showcased the principal lessons learned from implementing the Judicial Modernization Project in Colombia. As an opening for the event, and as a result of the knowledge strategy prepared to support this project, a ten-minute video was premiered to the participants. This event gathered more that 60 participants in Washington DC and also connected via videoconference to Nicaragua, Mexico, and Argentina.  More |  Watch Video

Lessons Learned in Working with Judicial Modernization Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
The top authorities of the Supreme Courts and High Judicial Councils from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Peru, and Venezuela attended the event and shared their experience in working with judicial modernization projects in their countries. The participants discussed their experiences and identified lessons learned about successful strategies in each country.  More

Lessons learned on Access to Information Implementation
LAC Public Sector Group, the World Bank Institute and Mexico ’s Federal Institute for Access to Information (IFAI – the Host of this event) jointly organized a workshop on Access to Information Experience in Mexico  City on October 22-25, 2007. Government officials responsible for access to information (ATI) implementation as well as representatives from civil society from Argentina, the Dominican Republic and Honduras participated in the event. The event brought together Practitioners from Specialized Agencies, Congress, Officials from Subnational Governments to discuss the interactions between the Actors and solutions to overlapping responsibilities.  More

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