The power, rigour and efectiveness of an idea: the case of the poor's legal informality
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Departamento de Economía
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Pocas ideas y actividades han recibido elogios tan hiperbólicos como las presentadas en el mundo por Hernando de Soto sobre la informalidad. Premios Nobel en economía, presidentes de varios países, revistas muy importantes y organizaciones multilaterales han respaldado el impulso del registro de propiedad de los pobres, particularmente sus viviendas, como la clave para lanzar una revolución económica mundial desde abajo. En este trabajo presentamos el respaldo institucional de esas ideas, la sustancia analítica de los principales argumentos, la precisión descriptiva de las instituciones operando en el tercer Mundo y los resultados de la aplicación de los programas de titulación promovidos. De esta manera, evaluamos la relación entre la difusión y el poder de una idea con su contenido formal y su efectividad para cambiar el mundo de los pobres.
Few ideas and activities have received as hyperbolic praise as those presented by Hernando de Soto on informality. Nobel prizes in economics, presidents of various countries, important magazines, and multilateral organizations have endorsed this author’s impulse to the official registration of the poor’s property, particularly, their homes, as the key to launch a worldwide economic revolution from below. In this paper we present the institutional backing of those ideas, the analytic substance of the main arguments involved, the descriptive accuracy of the institutions operating in the Third World, and the results of their application. In this way, we evaluate the relation between the spread and power of an idea with its formal content, and its effectiveness to change the world of the poor.
Few ideas and activities have received as hyperbolic praise as those presented by Hernando de Soto on informality. Nobel prizes in economics, presidents of various countries, important magazines, and multilateral organizations have endorsed this author’s impulse to the official registration of the poor’s property, particularly, their homes, as the key to launch a worldwide economic revolution from below. In this paper we present the institutional backing of those ideas, the analytic substance of the main arguments involved, the descriptive accuracy of the institutions operating in the Third World, and the results of their application. In this way, we evaluate the relation between the spread and power of an idea with its formal content, and its effectiveness to change the world of the poor.
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Pobreza, Sector informal (Economía)
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