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RE: [OpenEconomies] de Soto approach to property rights promoted in Ghana

  • To: "'openeconomies(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu'" <openeconomies(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu>
  • Subject: RE: [OpenEconomies] de Soto approach to property rights promoted in Ghana
  • From: "Moore, James" <jmoore(at)geopartners.com>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:47:39 -0400
Dear Gershon,

Thank you very much for this insight--I think OE readers would appreciate
knowing more about the launch and the plans--can you tell us a bit more,
and/or are there links to local news online that you might share? Thanks for
your help.  Please keep in touch and let us know of new developments or
interesting observations.

For those interested in learning more about Hernando de Soto and the
movement to extend property rights as a foundation for development--here is
a relevant link to PolicyLibrary:

http://www.policylibrary.com/Hernando_%20de_Soto.htm

And here is a provocative interview:

http://reason.com/DeSoto.shtml

William (Terry) Fisher of the Berkman Center has also done extensive work on
property registration systems.  For those who would like to learn about this
work--and read direct field reports, here is a link:

http://www.law.harvard.edu/Academic_Affairs/coursepages/tfisher/Registries.h
tml 

Best, Jim Moore

Make new networks!

Dr. James F. Moore
Senior Fellow
Harvard Law School
Director, Open Economies
Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Baker House
1587 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
 
www.openeconomies.org
jmoore@cyber.law.harvard.edu
jmoore@geopartners.com
Office phone number US 1 617 495-7547

-----Original Message-----
From: GERSHON ADZADI [mailto:gershona@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:53 AM
To: openeconomies@eon.law.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: [OpenEconomies] de Soto approach to property rights promoted in
Ghana

I have personally been following the activities since former president 
Clinton arrived here in Ghana and the launching which just took place here. 
However my concern is the impact a noble idea of this nature could have on 
the target group who are mainly illitrates. People who are located in the 
hinterland with little knowledge about their rights regarding their land 
property.The government at any moment in time takes their land for so called

development projects without demanding appropriate compesation from 
government.
I may not be addressing the issue but that is my concern. It is happening 
here in Ghana

Gershon Adzadi



>From: "Moore, James" <jmoore@geopartners.com>
>Reply-To: openeconomies@eon.law.harvard.edu
>To: openeconomies@eon.law.harvard.edu
>Subject: [OpenEconomies] de Soto approach to property rights promoted in 
>Ghana
>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.
>
>
>
>Make new networks!
>
>Dr. James F. Moore
>Senior Fellow
>Harvard Law School
>Director, Open Economies
>Berkman Center for Internet and Society
>Baker House
>1587 Massachusetts Avenue
>Cambridge, MA 02138
>
>www.openeconomies.org
>jmoore@cyber.law.harvard.edu
>jmoore@geopartners.com
>Office phone number US 1 617 495-7547
>
>
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