WJP Director of Board Ashraf Ghani's passionate and powerful 10-minute talk, emphasizing the necessity of both economic investment and design ingenuity to rebuild broken states, is followed by a conversation with TED curator Chris Anderson on the future of Afghanistan.

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Risk & Resilience: Why the Rule of Law Matters for Business

Businesses have become increasingly sophisticated at measuring financial, operational, geopolitical, and climate risk, but they still lack equally sophisticated tools to measure key sources of institutional risk. This institutional risk is the uncertainty businesses face from the lack of predictability, integrity, effectiveness and resilience of legal and governance institutions. It is also becoming a key determinant of investment decisions, supply-chain resilience, and long-term competitiveness

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Confidentiality, Power Dynamics, and the Promise of Mediation in Kenya

Judge Jacqueline Kamau sat down with In the Robe to explore how out-of-court settlements advance women’s rights, clear court backlogs, preserve relationships, and protect vulnerable litigants from public scrutiny in Kenya. She analyzes the intersection of formal judicial rulings and customary traditional justice systems, and dispels the myth of the emotionless judge.

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