De Soto meets with Peruvian Minister of Defense

The 2017 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research goes to Hernando de Soto

The Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research is the most prominent international award in entrepreneurship research with a price sum of EUR 100,000. De Soto’s analyses have had tremendous influence on policy throughout the world and were a main source of inspiration for the World Bank’s Doing Business program. Read More

2017 Award Winner

Hernando de Soto Peru Institute for Liberty and Democracy For developing a new understanding of the institutions that underpin the informal economy as well as the role of property rights and entrepreneurship in converting the informal economy into the formal sector. Read More

On August 18, 2015, ILD's Hernando de Soto met with the Peruvian Minister of Defense Jakke Valakivi, and Ronald Hurtado the Commander General of the Peruvian Armed Forces at their headquarters in Lima. At the meeting, which was attended by the press, the two spoke about the upcoming conference at the Joint College of the Armed Forces, where De Soto is the main speaker at a conference.

ILD's De Soto standing between the Peruvian Minister of Defense and the Commander General of the Peruvian Armed Forces.