The Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD), led by Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto, works with developing countries to implement property and business rights reforms that provide the legal tools and institutions required for citizens to participate in the formal national and global economy. ILD works toward a world in which all people have equal access to secure rights to their real property and business assets in order to pull themselves—and their countries—out of poverty.
The 1st annual Block Chain Summit concluded May 28th 2015, on host entrepreneur Richard Branson's private Caribbean island. A key moderator of the event which gathered the top thinkers in the field was Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto, according to co-host George Kikvadze, Vice Chairman of the world's leading blockchain infrastructure provider, the technology behind the blockchain is the digitalization of De Soto's book, The Mystery of Capital.