EL SALVADOR
August 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE WORLD Bank is lending El Salvador US$18.2 million to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and accessibility of its judicial system. The central American country is emerging from a long civil war, which was marked by human rights abuses and a lack of due process. Now, the bank wants to help El Salvador take advantage of peace by modernising its judicial system, reducing the average time for process civil, penal, and other cases. The loan will streamline judicial administration and improve monitoring of lawyers and judges. For instance, an ...
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