USAID hosted the “Poverty Reduction in Conflict and Fragile States: Institutions and State Legitimacy" symposium on April 2, 2008 to discuss current international thought on the requisite of state legitimacy for transforming unstable countries into more prosperous and stable societies. Hernando de Soto delivered the keynote speech.
Watch Video. [1]
Read Dr. De Soto speech [2]
Read the session report [3]
Links:
[1] http://dl.nmmstream.net/media/qed/flash/afternoonkey020408/afternoonkey020408.html
[2] http://www.povertyfrontiers.org/file_download.php/HDS+Presentation_de+Soto.pdf?URL_ID=2372&filename=12081947281HDS_Presentation_de_Soto.pdf&filetype=application%2Fpdf&filesize=5741962&name=HDS+Presentation_de+Soto.pdf
[3] http://www.povertyfrontiers.org/file_download.php/AfternoonKeynote.doc?URL_ID=2393&filename=12094801731AfternoonKeynote.doc&filetype=application%2Fmsword&filesize=122368&name=AfternoonKeynote.doc&location=user-S/