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Law Without Lawyers: Improving Access to Justice in Liberia and Sierra Leone (Policy Brief)

Policy brief 1 Mar 2012

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  • Law without lawyers: Improving access to justice in Liberia and Sierra Leone

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Justin Sandefur

Research Fellow, Center for Global Development

Bilal Siddiqi

Economist, World Bank

Alaina Varvaloucas

Journalist, Newsweek
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