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CLEP's Final Report, “Making the Law Work for Everyone”
(June 3rd, United Nations, NY)- The Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor (CLEP) today launched its Final Report, “Making the Law Work for Everyone”, at the United Nations in New York. The product of research, analysis, and consultations in more than 20 developing countries, the report argues that four billion people are effectively excluded from the Rule of Law, and thus deprived of a chance to lift themselves out of poverty.
Swiss Government and ILD Launch New Book on Property Rights
The Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD) announced the publication of Realizing Property Rights, co-edited by Hernando de Soto, President of the ILD, and Francis Cheneval, professor of political philosophy at the University of Zürich.
Institutions and the Legitimacy of the State
USAID hosted the “Poverty Reduction in Conflict and Fragile States: Institutions and State Legitimacy" symposium on April 2, 2008 to discuss current international thought on the requisite of state legitimacy for transforming unstable countries into more prosperous and stable societies. Hernando de Soto delivered the keynote speech.
What links Kenya, Benazir Bhutto, the EU and Gordon Brown?
By Stephen Pollard. January 2, 2008
«Two clues: private property and the rule of law. The single most fascinating thing I read last year was about the rise of mobile phones in Kenya. Not, you might think, the most thrilling of topics. In which case you'd be wrong, because it also helps to explain the murder of Benazir Bhutto, the reaction to Gordon Brown's refusal to call an election last autumn, the growth of the EU and the past few days' riots in Kenya.»
'Whether you are democrat or dictator, on the left or right, exclusion will sooner or later destabilise you'
Gautam Chikermane and Sandeep Singh of The Indian Express questioned Hernando de Soto on the the link between exclusion, poverty and law], and its relevance to ideas that India is currently grappling with - land rights, squatters, SEZs, development and eminent domain.
Ghana: Property Rights Take Centre Stage
"The Asantehene (King of the Asante ethnic group) [is studying ways to resolve] the most serious developmental challenges facing not only the Asante ethnic group but also the entire Ghana – how to use ancestral lands, as property for loans "
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Poor South Africans sit on R3bn of 'dead equity'
Cape Town - Journalists Donwald Pressly and Ethel Hazelhurst write in "Business Report that poor South Africans are sitting on R3 billion worth of dead equity, a term "coined by Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto to describe the value of property that could not be unlocked because the property could not be sold."
Inter-American Development Bank and ILD sign “Statement of Principle”
Guatemala City, 17 March 2007: Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the Inter-American Bank (IDB), signed a statement of principle today with the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD) to initiate a new program to provide the necessary technical assistance to promote and implement property rights, business and market system reforms in several Latin American countries and to disseminate the lessons learned.
Tanzania. Workshop in Dar es Salaam
According to the Daily News Reporter of Tanzania (Tuesday, May 15,2007), the Property and Business Formalisation programme commonly known as MKURABITA will today hold a one-day workshop in Dar es Salaam that will discuss the Land Registration pilot project implemented in Handeni district. This is an initiative put forward by the ILD
Policy makers to focus on problems that affect the poor
In IDB Seminar, Hernando de Soto urged policy makers to focus on problems that affect the poor.
The seminar was one of a series of events being held in conjunction with the 48th Annual Meeting of the IDB’s Board of Governors in this Central American capital. The formal sessions begin on Monday, March 19.
