Property Rights Index 2007: Pakistan ranks at 59th position with weakest...
A new international index reveals how laws on physical and intellectual property stimulate growth while the weakest economies have the weakest laws. Today’s first annual International Property Rights...
View ArticleNew Report: Global “Over-population” a Myth
On World Population Day, July 11th, the UNFPA will call for men to be more involved in family planning and women’s reproductive healthcare. Underlying this fine-sounding campaign is the UN Population...
View ArticleResearch: Let the Poor Have Water, not Ideology
This year's World Water Week will see activists gather in Stockholm to discuss ways of getting clean water to the 1 billion people around the world who are currently without it. The new research by...
View ArticleEconomic Freedom Report 2007: Pakistan Climbs the Ladder of Economic Freedom
Pakistan climbs the ladder of Economic Freedom scoring 6 points ranking 101 out of 141 countries; leaps big in Legal Structure and Security of Property Rights area by improving from 2.5 to 4.4; loses...
View ArticleCivil Society Report on Climate Change
Governments should reject calls for a post-Kyoto treaty “Kyoto 2”Civil Society Report says climate policy should focus on removing barriers to adaptationread more
View ArticleProperty Rights Index 2008: Poor need property laws to create wealth
People in countries that protect their physical and intellectual property enjoy a GDP per capita up to nine times greater than those without legal protection, the 2008 edition of the International...
View ArticleEconomic Freedom Report 2008: Pakistan ranks 104 out of 141 countries
The 2008 edition of the Economic Freedom of the World report includes new research, examining the role of economic freedom in eliminating poverty with a particular focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Numerous...
View ArticleFTAs – Do They Really Free The Trade?
Ausgust 25, 2009In recent years free trade agreements have become fashionable. Thus, when two or more countries reach an agreement to allow free trade (because it is they which in the first instance...
View ArticleIs Healthcare A "Human Right?"
January 02, 2010Turning healthcare into an individual enforceable human right creates all kinds of legal complexities, undermines the rule of law and stifles political pluralism. Neither is there any...
View ArticleIdeas for a Free and Responsible Society
"Ideas for a Free and Responsible Society" is a collection of writings published on a CD. The CD contains a selection of contributions by some of the most important scholars and thinkers, both...
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