Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society Grant



Organization - Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society
Grant Amount - $100,000
Foundation - Ford Foundation
Grant Purpose - To develop a prototype Wiki-style database to map decision-making "highways" of the global economy, build an online community of users and "citizen editors" and hold a workshop to assess the results


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