Property Rights & Land Titling | Books

Empowering the Poor Through Property Rights

Karol Boudreaux | Apr 14, 2008
Fair access to property rights goes way beyond their role as economic assets. Secure and accessible property rights provide a sense of identity, dignity, and belonging to people of very different…

International Property Rights Index 2008: Langa Case Study

Karol Boudreaux | Feb 26, 2008
The 2008 International Property Rights Index (IPRI) is an international comparative study that measures the significance of both physical and intellectual property rights and their protection for…

Property Rights and Resource Conflict in the Sudan

Karol Boudreaux | Jun 26, 2006

This article is a chapter in the book Realizing Property Rights, edited by Hernando de Soto and Francis Cheneval. It explores the role weak property rights play in exacerbating conflict in Sudan. Although most analysis of conflict in Africa posits…