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Smith Richardson Foundation

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Institute for International Studies

Date: 12-31-1997

Amount: 82,500

Comment: Converting Informal to Formal Economies
This grant supports the research and writing of a book on innovative approaches to development assistance based on the conversion of "informal property" into formal property. Hernando de Soto wa book on the history of the development of formal property in the developed world and the practical strategies and policies needed to formalize the informal sectors of developing states.