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Human rights frameworks, the free market, and the spaces in between
A couple of years ago, I began working on a project called the Center for Live Capital with two friends. It began with a thought that economic growth in slums and “informal” settlements could be stimulated by assigning property titles … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Law, Policy, Social Enterprise
Tagged economic development, human rights, land rights, live capital, peru, property rights, titles
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The Double Life of a Story
I just went to a fabulous event curated by John Guidry about “the processes by which people collect stories and use them to tell stories,” through a series of panelists who use oral history practices to document our world and … Continue reading
Streamlining Process and Procedure for Economic Development
In the area of human rights, the problem of violations usually isn’t about the inadequacy of current laws. Many developing countries with relatively new constitutions have laws that are even more protective of our own in the US, but they … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Policy
Tagged Andhra Pradesh, CK Prahalad, e-government, land registry, property rights
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Transmedia Property Rights Advocacy!
Ashoka is hosting a competition to inspire ideas around the problem of “dead capital” in the developing world. Dead capital is land inhabited by slum dwellers that has not been formalized through the legal title process (and worth $9.3 trillion!). … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Policy, Transmedia
Tagged catcomm, changemakers, film4rio, property rights, rio, transmedia
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