Taking on the Bailiff Monopoly in Poland

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Taking on the Bailiff Monopoly in Poland

dc.contributor.author	Józefowicz, Krzysztof
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-13T12:30:08Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-13T12:30:08Z
dc.date.issued	2007-11
dc.description.abstract	The 2005 Doing Business report rated Poland as one of the slowest judicial systems in the world. It took 1,000 days for a contract to be enforced through the courts, causing Poland to be ranked 140th of 145 countries in regard to the speed of courts. This poor ranking prompted the National Bank of Poland and the World Bank to draft a report, 'Poland: legal barriers to contract enforcement,' which contained recommendations designed to speed up court proceedings. One of the key recommendations of the report was to open the bailiff profession to more competition, so as to improve the service bailiffs delivered. Specifically, the report called for an expanded number of bailiffs, for creditors to have greater choice among those bailiffs, and for the deregulation of bailiff fees. After a change of government in 2005, a new team including the author headed the justice ministry. The author was receptive to new ideas, and the justice ministry endorsed the report, which provided the impetus for undertaking these reforms. The author suggested three changes: (a) the justice minister should be able to appoint more bailiffs without going through a complicated procedure; (b) bailiffs should be able to compete with each other regardless of their location; and (c) price flexibility should be introduced to bailiff fees.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/9890673/taking-bailiff-monopoly-poland
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/10633
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10633
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	IFC Smart Lessons Brief
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	BAILIFF
dc.subject	BAILIFFS
dc.subject	BEST PRACTICES
dc.subject	CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
dc.subject	COURT
dc.subject	COURT PROCEEDINGS
dc.subject	COURTS
dc.subject	CREDITOR
dc.subject	CREDITORS
dc.subject	DEBT
dc.subject	DEBT COLLECTION
dc.subject	DEBTORS
dc.subject	DEBTS
dc.subject	DISCRETION
dc.subject	EXECUTIONS
dc.subject	HUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subject	JUDGE
dc.subject	JUDGMENTS
dc.subject	JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
dc.subject	JUSTICE
dc.subject	LAWYERS
dc.subject	MINISTER
dc.subject	MINISTERS
dc.subject	MONOPOLIES
dc.subject	MONOPOLY
dc.subject	NATIONAL BANK
dc.subject	POLITICIAN
dc.subject	REPO
dc.subject	REPO MEN
dc.subject	TESTIMONY
dc.subject	WILL
dc.title	Taking on the Bailiff Monopoly in Poland	en
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea	Gender
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-29T09:51:53.493963Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Brief
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/9890673/taking-bailiff-monopoly-poland
okr.globalpractice	Finance and Markets
okr.globalpractice	Governance
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okr.identifier.report	45658
okr.language.supported	en
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okr.region.administrative	Europe and Central Asia
okr.region.country	Poland
okr.topic	Law and Development::Judicial System Reform
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Law
okr.topic	Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures
okr.topic	Finance and Financial Sector Development::Debt Markets
okr.topic	Public Sector Development
okr.unit	Doing Business - IFC (GIADB)
okr.volume	1 of 1
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