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| Topics: | Enabling Environment, Enterprise Development, Administrative & Regulatory Reform, Governance Measures, Empowering Civil Society, Legal & Regulatory Reform, Fragile States, Transparency & Accountability, Informal Sector, Anti-Corruption, Development Indicators, Access to Finance, Business Development Services, Commercial Law Frameworks, Aid Effectiveness, Decentralization, Judicial Strengthening, Governance & Civil Society, Democratic & Participatory Institutions, Economic & Institutional Analysis |
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Patrick Meagher
Senior Fellow |
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Mr Meagher served as an Associate Director of of IRIS from 1994 -2007, and is presently a Senior Fellow with IRIS. His research and advisory work deals with decentralization, regulatory reform, anti-corruption mechanisms, and institutional frameworks for medium- and small-scale finance. His writings have appeared in several journals and books on economics, development, and law. He holds a Juris Doctor from Harvard University, and has practiced law and lectured on comparative law, financial reform, and aspects of public sector governance.
At IRIS, Mr Meagher has worked in Africa, the various regions of Asia, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America. His recent projects include- the design of a program to spur competitive regulatory reform using local and provincial governance ratings
- an in-depth comparative study of anti-corruption agencies
- empirical research on the effects of decentralization on public sector governance and performance
- a series of case studies dealing with systems of corruption and responses to them
In 2002, Mr Meagher served on a panel of distinguished advisors to East Timor on the design of its post-independence Ombudsman institution. His work has also dealt with reforms of commercial finance and banking laws aiming to expand credit access to small, medium, and micro enterprises.
Mr Meagher’s earlier legal practice focused on international trade; he served on the legal team advising the Government of Mexico in the negotiations leading to the establishment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). While in law school, he worked for human rights organizations in the US, India, and Indonesia. Prior to this, he served two years in the Peace Corps, working as a university lecturer and trainer in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
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Expertise
Corruption
Decentralization
Commercial law
Legal-regulatory frameworks for SME credit and microfinance |
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Education
JD, Harvard Law School, 1989
MA, Moral Philosophy, University of Chicago Divinity School, 1982
BSFS, International Relations, Georgetown University, 1980 |
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Previous Positions
Senior Associate, Checchi and Company
Adjunct Professor, Catholic University of America
International Trade and Corporate Attorney, Shearman & Sterling/Patton Boggs
Assistant Professor of English, University and Teacher's College of Kisangani, US Peace Corps |
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Selected Publications
Meagher, P., & Kimenyi, M. (Eds.). (2004). Devolution and Development: Governance Prospects in Decentralizing States. London: Ashgate.
Meagher, P. (2005). Anti-Corruption Agencies: Rhetoric versus Reality. The Journal of Policy Reform, 8(1). [Revised version of paper submitted to the World Bank, PREM-ECA, 2002. IRIS Discussion Paper no.402.]
Meagher, P. (2003). Changing Hands: Governance and Transformation in Hungary’s Financial Sector. Review of Central and East European Law, 28 (1), pp.1-76. [Revised version of case study submitted to USAID, 2000. IRIS Working Paper no. 245.]
Meagher, P. (2002, February). Microfinance Regulation in South Africa: A Comparative Perspective. Development Bulletin, 57, pp.48-52.
Meagher, P., & Lee, Y. (2001). Misgovernance or Misperception? Law and Finance in Central Asia. In P. Murrell (Ed.), Assessing the Value of Law in Transition Economies. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Meagher, P., & Wilkinson, B. (2000, December). Towards a Market-Friendly Environment for Microfinance — Legal and Regulatory Reform in Zambia. Small Enterprise Development, 11(4).
Meagher, P. (2000). Book Review: J.M. Mbaku, Institutions, and Reform in Africa: The Public Choice Perspective. Public Choice, 102. |
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| Last updated on: 11/20/2009 |
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Patrick Meagher is an expert on corruption, decentralization, commercial law, and institutional frameworks for medium- and small-scale finance.
E-mail: meagher@iris.umd.edu
Location: College Park
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