Inter-American Development Bank Increases Criminal Administration of Justice Initiatives

During the last few years the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has continued to increase its initiatives to assist criminal administration of justice initiatives in several areas it has identified as critical to sustainable development in the Western Hemisphere. This article summarizes some of the new projects, their main components and the bases for the IDB work in the criminal justice area. The purpose of the criminal AOJ initiatives is to help modernize the State and strengthen civil society in the region. The IDB is seeking to support programs that address dynamic changes stimulated by “unprecedented consensus in the region that the marketplace is the most effective resource allocation mechanism, and that democratic systems must be consolidated”…[more]