Hernando de Soto to Keynote ESRI User Conference20/05/2009 |
| Hernando de Soto, a celebrated Peruvian economist and author and president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD), a nonprofit organization based in Lima, Peru, will speak at the 2009 ESRI International User Conference (ESRI UC) in July 2009. De Soto will share how geographic information system (GIS) technology is being used to formalise landownership-an approach he feels is helping the poor take a crucial first step away from poverty. |
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De Soto says that for some living in poverty, the land they occupy may be their only asset. Without legal recognition of landownership, the owner cannot leverage the land as collateral. This prevents the owner from accessing loans to possibly start a business or improve the property. Many of de Soto's ideas were put into action less than a year ago when a pilot project in Ghana began using geospatial technologies to create a land titling process and GIS-based land records system. This implementation significantly reduced the time and costs involved in collecting and documenting property ownership information and increased the number of formalized land rights.
Along with earning many awards and accolades, de Soto was selected by Time magazine in 1999 as one of the five leading Latin American innovators of the century. The magazine also included him among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2004. He has published two international best-selling books about economic and political development and is cochair with former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright on the Commission on Legal Empowerment for the Poor.
In addition to de Soto's Keynote Address, the Ghana GIS-based land registration pilot program will be featured in the ESRI UC special displays. Attendees will gain insight into de Soto's approach to poverty alleviation and legal empowerment of the poor that has potential for widespread global impact. Read more about: geographic information system GIS geospatial Website: http://www.esri.com/uc Supplier: Esri (Headquarters) More news from this supplier: Research into Utility GIS Benefits Spatial Base for Maryland's Budgeting Access National Geographic World Basemap at ArcGIS Online Harrison County Citizens Access Election Information Online ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android Bill Clinton to Speak at Eye on Earth Summit Discussion on Adapting to Climate Change International Tech Hub Opens in Middle East Report: Esri Leading GIS Provider in Utilities Sector Esri Assists Thailand Flood Response TatukGIS Developer Kernel 10 Upgrade Netcad Asia Convention Community Heritage Project Using GIS Visualisation Teaching Award for Russell G. Congalton ION Autonomous Snowplough Competition Winners GeoCore 2012 with Lidar API First Real-time Seafloor Earthquake Observatory CyberCity 3D Launches 3D Solar Buildings Second UltraCamX for Valley Air Photos Capacity-building to Develop Afghan Mining Comments (0): |
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