Bolivia project 511-0626 · 1992–2000 · good governance · Management Sciences for Development, Inc. (MSD)

Project to improve (1) judicial efficiency and accountability and (2) criminal investigation and prosecution in three pilot zones in Bolivia: the Superior District Courts of Santa Cruz and Tarija and the Controlled Substance Courts in La Paz. The project will also promote alternative dispute resolution and help to reduce court delays nationwide. Efforts to improve judicial efficiency and accountability will involve structural changes in court administration and the development of judicial training programs. The project will modernize court administration by introducing a training element for a prototype departmental administrator position and four elements of modern court management: (1) weighted case assignments (to ensure fair distribution of the workload and random assignment of cases); (2) a case tracking system; (3) a central office for judicial notification; and (4) a court exhibits and records management system. Second, the project will support the creation, which is slated under draft legislation, of a Bolivian Justice Institute under the auspices of the University of San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca in Sucre. The project will help in developing a training plan and desi

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABI-526 (1992). The source's own text.