Cato Institute’s event-arkiv har sÃ¥ ufatteligt mange fornuftige og informative webcast, sÃ¥ man næsten skulle tro at det var løgn. Senest har jeg kastet mine øjne pÃ¥ en video, der handler om hvordan dÃ¥rlig/ingen ejendomsrettigheder til jord er med til at fastholde alt for mange mennesker i fattigdom.
One of the most pervasive problems and causes of poverty in the developing world is the lack of property rights for the poor. For decades, the Rural Development Institute has been highly effective at addressing the issue directly. Tim Hanstad will explain how the lack of land rights affects half of the world’s rural families — some 230 million households — and how that has aggravated poverty, social unrest, and environmental degradation. He will also explain how RDI has worked with farmers and governments around the world to bring land rights to more than 100 million families. Hanstad will lay out an agenda for land reform in countries such as China and India in which RDI maintains active initiatives. [Videoen kan ses her]
Til dem der ikke skulle vide det, har Rural Developement Institute en lidt over 40 år gammel institution, som forsøger at nedbringe antallet af fattige ved at sikre de fattige ret til eget land. Bl.a. var de på de godes side i Vietnam-krigen, hvor de stod i spidsen for et par risproduktionsprogrammer, for at mindske antallet af VC-rekrutter. Cato Institute er en libertariansk tænketank, der, som jeg selv, sætter stor pris på de principper, som Amerika blev grundlagt på.
