In early 2006, a team of ILD researchers and their local counterparts executed a "Preliminary Diagnosis" in each of 12 countries in Latin American and the Caribbean to get a snapshot of the size and practices of their extralegal economies. ILD President Hernando de Soto presented the results to the IDB in June 2006. You can access those results as well as their presentation here in several versions:

• Video of Hernando de Soto's presentation [0] at the IDB. 35 minutes. Medium to high bandwidth recommended.
• Audio podcast [0] of the same presentation in MP3 format. Click to listen. Right click to download and listen later.
• Interactive presentation in Flash [0]: The quick way to get a clear idea of the results of the study at a regional level.
• Documents [0]: the Executive Summaries for each country (in Spanish).

Additional Reading

• Opportunities for the Majority [1]: The IDB's detailed description of the project and results