Engineering Informal Institutions: Long-run Impacts of Alternative Dispute Resolution on Violence and Property Rights in Liberia

Informal institutions govern property rights and disputes when formal systems are weak. Well-functioning institutions should help people reach and maintain bargains, minimizing violence. Can outside organizations engineer improvements and reduce violent conflicts? Will this improve property rights

当正式制度体系薄弱时，非正式制度承担起产权界定与纠纷调处的治理职能。运转良好的制度能够助力各方达成并维系契约关系，从而最大限度降低暴力冲突。外部组织能否推动制度优化以减少暴力冲突？此举能否改善产权保障状况？