Analyzes institutional bypasses, a strategy to promote change and implement reforms in developing countries.

Mariana Mota Prado has published extensively on law and development, including two co-authored books with Michael J. Trebilcock: What Makes Poor Countries Poor? Institutional Determinants of Development (2013) and Advanced Introduction to Law and Development (2014). She has taught at the Centre for Transnational Legal Studies in London, the Fundação Getúlio Vargas Rio de Janeiro Law School, Brazil, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México Law School, Los Andes Law School in Colombia, and the University of Puerto Rico School of Law.

1. Why do we need institutional bypasses?; 2. What is an institutional bypass?; 3. Institutional bypasses and other reform strategies; 4. Intentional bypasses; 5. Spontaneous bypasses; 6. Conclusion: institutional bypasses and their potential impact on future development efforts.