The OECD Development Centre &
the Development Assistance Committee - Network on Governance (GOVNET)
International Seminar on
Informal Institutions: What do we know, what can we do?
11-12 December 2006
The World Bank's Paris offices
66 Avenue d'Iéna Paris.
The Seminar assessed the role of informal institutions in the development process. In particular it addressed the following questions: How do informal institutions such as traditions, customs and social norms affect development? What are the linkages and possible conflicts between informal and formal institutions? How can donors and partner countries foster the contribution of informal institutions to a more enabling environment for development? Please click on the following links for the Agenda, Concept Note and Summary Record.
BACKGROUND PAPERS
PRESENTATIONS
Key Note Address
Session A
Session B
Session C
Roundtable Discussion
OTHER BACKGROUND MATERIAL
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Clague, Christopher, ed. 1997. Institutions and Economic Development : Growth and Governance in Less-Developed and Post-Socialist Countries. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Knight, Jack. 1992. Institutions and Social Conflict. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Ostrom, Elinor. 1997. "Capital, Institutions, Incentives." In Institutions and Economic Development: Growth and Governance in Less-Developed and Post-Socialist Countries, ed. C. Clague. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Putnam, Robert. 1993. Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
For further information, please contact Johannes Jütting (Johannes.Jutting@oecd.org; Tel. 01 45 24 82 75) or Sebastian Bartsch (Sebastian.Bartsch@oecd.org; Tel. 01 45 24 90 21).
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