Legal institutions
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How land formalisation protects widows from dispossession
A land formalisation programme in Benin significantly increased the likelihood that widows – especially those without a son – remained in their villages, offering formal institutional protection where customary norms left women most vulnerable.
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Prison labour: The price of prisons and the lasting effects of incarceration
Government use of prison labour can distort incentives for incarceration and have lasting negative effects on trust in legal institutions like police