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de Soto approach to property rights promoted in Ghana

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  • Subject: de Soto approach to property rights promoted in Ghana
  • From: "Moore, James" <jmoore(at)geopartners.com>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:17:30 -0400
Many of you interested in the role of law in economic and social development
will be familiar with Hernando de Soto's work on property rights
registration for the poor--which he sees as a foundation for the poor being
able to participate in their economies.  The note below announces a UNDP
program to promote these approaches in Ghana, with the participation at the
launch of both de Soto and former president Clinton.

Those of you in Ghana (or elsewhere with knowledge of the situation), here
is a question for you: What is new about this initiative? Do you think it
will be valuable?  Does this initiative herald a significant change in
either government policy or priorities? What do you think of its prospects?
What issues might it raise in Ghanaian society?

Regards, Jim Moore


Foundation for Building the Capital of the Poor

Accra Mail (Accra)

September 20, 2002 
Posted to the web September 20, 2002 


On Monday, 23rd September 2002, President J.A. Kufuor will launch the
Foundation for Building the Capital of the Poor, an initiative developed by
the government through the agency of the Ministry of Justice and the
Institute for Liberty and Democracy, (ILD) Peru, founded by the renowned
Peruvian economist, Dr. Hernando de Soto, who will arrive in the country on
22nd September 2002 to participate in the launch.

A press release from the Ministry of Justice said the purpose of the
Foundation is to implement the property reform programme developed by Dr. de
Soto who is also the author of the acclaimed book "The Mystery of Capital:
Why Capitalism thrives in the West and fails everywhere else."

The aim of the programe is to devise the legal means to assist in mobilising
the assets held by the poor to facilitate their economic development and the
development of the country as a whole. The Foundation will also establish a
regional training in Accra for the benefit of other African countries
interested in the property reform programme.

The Foundation is supported by the UNDP.

The release said the former president of the United States, Mr. Bill
Clinton, has agreed to be a patron of the Foundation and will be the Guest
of Honour at the launch, which will take place at the La Palm Royal Beach
Hotel in Accra. He will arrive in the country on Sunday 22nd September 2002.



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