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Open Economies - RE: [OpenEconomies] de Soto approach to property rights promoted in Ghana [Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [OpenEconomies] de Soto approach to property rights promoted in Ghana
Dear James, Visit the link below to read more about the launch on the subject http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=27699 Best regards Gershon Adzadi >From: "Moore, James" <jmoore@geopartners.com> >Reply-To: openeconomies@eon.law.harvard.edu >To: "'openeconomies@eon.law.harvard.edu'" ><openeconomies@eon.law.harvard.edu> >Subject: RE: [OpenEconomies] de Soto approach to property rights promoted >in Ghana >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 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Openeconomies mailing list > >Openeconomies@eon.law.harvard.edu > >http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/info/openeconomies > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > > >_______________________________________________ >Openeconomies mailing list >Openeconomies@eon.law.harvard.edu >http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/info/openeconomies > >_______________________________________________ >Openeconomies mailing list >Openeconomies@eon.law.harvard.edu >http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/info/openeconomies _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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