"The Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor [3] aims to make legal protection and economic opportunity not the privilege of the few but the right of all. Broadening the rule of law to include the “informal sector” in practical ways is the first step to involving the poor in an economic and legal system. Ensuring users’ and property rights for the poor and marginalized populations leads to economic and social empowerment. By creating protections for the assets that the poor control, these individuals will gain tangible benefits that go beyond property and ownership. They will become participants in a system of laws and commerce that can leverage capital and create investment, and with it, such real rewards as clean water, medical care, schools and economic growth.

Co-chairs of the Commission are Madeleine K. Albright who served as the 64th secretary of state of the United States and Hernando de Soto, President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy, an internationally-recognized and influential think tank headquartered in Lima, Peru"

Click here to download the Commission’s Final Report. [4]