1. Justice for the Poor Promoting a Demand-Oriented, Community-Driven Approach to Justice Reform

2. What is Justice for the Poor?
A method or approach to justice reform
Grounded in social and cultural contexts
Seeing justice from the perspective of the user- particularly the poor/marginalized
Recognizing the importance of demand in building equitable justice systems
Understanding justice as a cross sectoral issue

3. Program Rationale & Motivation
Growing understanding that equitable justice systems are key to sustainable development
Recognition of the need for complementary demand side initiatives to more conventional approaches to justice reform
Increased focus on:
- broader governance issues
- decentralization and community driven development
- participation, transparency and accountability
- security and stability

4. Objectives
In the short-term to enhance access to justice for poor communities and improve local governance
In the long-term to bring about incremental systemic change to justice sector institutions and systems of governance.

5. What Does Justice for the Poor Do?
Research & Analysis
Ongoing Capacity
Building
Effective M&E
Partnership & Knowledge
Sharing
Program design, pilots
and operational initiatives

6. How Do We Do it? An integrated approach Programmatic approach
Not just sectoral/project specific work
Mainstreaming justice initiatives
Multi-country/comparative work
An Empirically Based approach
Based on a theory of social change
‘Conflict’ model of development
Understanding development is inherently contested and often about redistribution of power/resources

7. Examples of Country Work: Indonesia
Program Rationale
Country undergoing transition, with widespread conflict
Government focus on decentralization, corresponding donor focus on local governance and CDD
Understanding of importance of equitable and functioning justice sector BUT failure of reform efforts
Anecdotal evidence of efficacy of community models of justice, BUT no serious donor attention

8. Examples of Country Work: Indonesia
What Does Justice for the Poor Do?
Development of strategic program (from initial In-depth Participatory Research and analysis)
Access to Justice and legal empowerment Pilots
Mainstreamed operational initiatives
Ongoing research and development activities
Development of effective M&E strategies
Partnerships and knowledge sharing

9. Examples of Country Work: Cambodia
Program Rationale
Bank lead donor in justice sector reform BUT limited political will to drive reforms
Ongoing recognition that JSR crucial HENCE need to look for alternative approaches
Key development problems - inequity, elite capture and access to resources
Bank portfolio - strong focus on NRM and local governance

10. Examples of Country Work: Cambodia
What Does Justice for the Poor Do?
Begun with in-depth research program focusing on key development issues relevant to Bank’s portfolio
Research used to inform
Design of two new Bank projects
Improved conflict management components of land and NRM projects
Increased public debate on national media

11. Cross-Cutting Themes Development effectiveness Land
Security and conflict
Accountability and transparency
Gender Discimination