Hernando De Soto

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  • Specialty Informal Economy and Property Rights.
  • Topics Economic Development, Informal Economy, Property Rights.
  • Current Position President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD), Lima, Peru.

Who is he? Hernando de Soto is a Peruvian-American economist, recognized for his work on the informal economy and the importance of property rights. He has been awarded the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty.

He speaks about the informal economy and property rights in developing countries, emphasizing his focus on creating capital for the impoverished.

  • Global Economy.
  • Another Path for Capitalism.
  • How to Combat Poverty.
  • Why Capitalism Succeeds in the West and Fails Elsewhere.
  • Sustainable Development.
  • He has been featured in The Economist and Forbes, and has been recognized as one of Latin America’s leading innovators.

    Author of several studies and articles on the informal economy and property rights.

    Books

  • The Mystery of Capital.
  • Selected among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2004 and chosen by Forbes as one of 15 people who would reinvent the future.

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