Six Questions you always wanted to Ask about Africa...and Answers from Rwanda
Dalibor Rohac, Eli Dourado, Hemal Shah
January 2012

Rwanda has distinguished itself for its economic reforms and good institutions for growth. But how robust are their reforms? Can they survive a change in political leadership? What can they teach other African countries?

Full report available here.

Survey of Entrepreneurs: Nigeria
Nathan Gamester, Legatum Institute
December 2011

This is the first edition of the Legatum Institute's Survey of Entrepreneurs: Nigeria. It aims to get 'inside the minds' of Nigeria’s enterprising class to better understand entrepreneurship in Africa's most populous country.

Full report available here.

Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa
Prosperity Index Team at the Legatum Institute
December 2011

A regional look at the state of entrepreneurship as well as the opportunities and challenges that face entrepreneurs in improving prosperity in sub-Saharan Africa.

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The New World Order
Joel Kotkin and the Legatum Institute
November 2011

The "New World Order" is an attempt to look at the emerging world, through the lens of ethnic and cultural ties as opposed to geographic patterns or levels of economic development.

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Examining the State of Prosperity in Asia
Prosperity Index Team at the Legatum Institute
November 2011

This report looks at the Asian continent/region through the lens of the Prosperity Index. The report offers a number of unique insights as to how Prosperity is forming and changing in Asia.

The report finds that Asian countries have undertaken varied trajectories of prosperity. The report explores the challenges and solutions to overcoming the "middle income" trap that some countries in the region may face. Additionally, it draws attention on the decline in safety and security across the region and the constraints posed by corruption and high business start-up costs on entrepreneurial initiatives.

Full report available here.

Legatum Institute Survey of Entrepreneurs: China
Nathan Gamester, Legatum Institute
October 2011

This is the second edition of the Legatum Institute's Survey of Entrepreneurs: China. It reveals valuable insights into the minds and practices of China's enterprising class.

Full report available here.

Legatum Institute Survey of Entrepreneurs: India
Nathan Gamester, Legatum Institute
October 2011

This report is the third edition of the Legatum Institute's Survey of Entrepreneurs: India. It allows us to ''get inside the mind'' of India's enterprising class and answers fundamental questions about doing business in India.

Full report available here.

Economic Lessons from Scandinavia
Graeme Leach, Legatum Institute
October 2011

The Scandinavian economies have performed strongly over the past 15 years, leading many to believe that the Nordic Model defies economic theory – which suggests that bigger government means lower growth and/or a lower level of income.

This report shows that one of the primary reasons for the recent strong performance of the Scandinavian economies has been a retreat of government – in terms of public spending, taxation and product market regulation.

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Egypt's Democratic Transition:
Five Important Myths About the Economy and International Assistance
July 2011

Egypt is in the midst of a transition and will face democratic elections in September. But how will Egypt’s economic challenges affect the outcome of the transition, and what is the best way for the international community to act?

This report (in partnership with the Carnegie Endowment) addresses several persistent myths about the current situation in post-revolution Egypt.

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Prospects for Iran
Jonathan Paris, Legatum Institute
January 2011

This is the third Legatum Institute detailed country assessment. Prospects for Turkey was released in September 2010 and Prospects for Pakistan, also written by Jonathan Paris, in January 2010.

The Iran crisis is in fact two crises: the emergence of civil resistance inside Iran as a result of the disputed election of 12 June 2009, and the pursuit of nuclear weapons by the Islamic Republic of Iran. This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of the situation in Iran today.

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Financial regulation goes global
Matthew Sinclair and Dalibor Rohác
December 2010

Around the world politicians and officials are advancing major new regulations of the financial services industry. Those regulations are a response to a major financial crisis, but real care needs to be taken to ensure that they help avoid future crises, and won’t precipitate or exacerbate crises instead. However, the policies that are being introduced do not live up to that standard. Some of the measures announced are disingenuous political posturing while others continue existing mistakes partly responsible for the problems we are facing today.

Full report available here.

Can the Euro Survive?
Desmond Lachman, American Enterprise Institute
December 2010

The Eurozone’s periphery has a deep solvency problem in the sense that, absent a debt restructuring and an exit from the Euro, the correction of the periphery’s public finances cannot be achieved without provoking the deepest and most prolonged of domestic economic recessions. This makes a sovereign debt default of at least one of the peripheral countries almost inevitable. A default by any member country is more than likely to trigger contagion to the rest of the periphery and to lead to an unravelling of the Euro.

Full report available here.

Coercive Diplomacy
Peter D. Feaver and Eric B. Lorber, Duke University
November 2010

Economic sanctions are a tool – a particularly important if controversial tool – of coercive diplomacy. Coercive diplomacy refers to any efforts by one international actor to get another international actor to act in a way that the second international actor would not otherwise choose to act (e.g. surrender territory or make a concession in international bargaining or abandon the pursuit of WMD).

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2010 Legatum Prosperity Index™ Summary Report
Legatum Institute
October 2010 

The Legatum Prosperity Index™ is the world’s only global assessment of wealth and wellbeing. It assesses 104 countries using a holistic definition of prosperity to include both material wealth and quality of life.

Full report available here.

2010 Legatum Prosperity Index™
Legatum Institute
October 2010

The Legatum Prosperity Index™ is the world’s only global assessment of wealth and wellbeing. The Prosperity Index ranks countries based on the foundations of prosperity: the factors that help drive economic growth or produce happy citizens.

Full report available here.

Legatum Institute Survey of Entrepreneurs: India
Nathan Gamester, Dalibor Rohac, Legatum Institute
October 2010

This report is the second edition of the Legatum Institute''s Survey of Entrepreneurs: India. It is one of the largest surveys of entrepreneurs in the world and allows us to ''get inside the mind'' of India''s enterprising class.

Full report available here.

Legatum Institute Survey of Entrepreneurs: China
Nathan Gamester, Dalibor Rohac, Legatum Institute
October 2010

Published alongside the survey of Indian entrepreneurs, this survey of entrepreneurs in China reveals valuable insights into the minds and practices of China''s enterprising class.

Full report available here.

Prospects for Turkey
Ziya Meral
September 2010

Turkey has been going through subtle but substantial social, economic, and political changes since the late 1990s. This can be likened to metamorphosis. It has been fast transforming itself and moving to a new but open ended direction.

Full report available here.

Legatum Institute Survey of Entrepreneurs: China & India
Ryan Streeter, Legatum Institute
August 2010

The Legatum Institute Survey of Entrepreneurs: China & India aims to shed light on how entrepreneurs in these two dynamic economies think, so that policymakers, investors, business owners, and the media can better understand the enterprising class. 

Full report available here.

Making Sense of Bangalore
Edward Glaeser
July 2010

This insightful study about one of India''s most distinguished cities considers the historical path that brought Bangalore from a small urban agglomeration during the 1900s to the bustling centre of industry and commerce that it is today.

Full report available here.

Gambling With Other People''s Money
Russell Roberts
June 2010

This important study provides a comprehensive account of how policy choices and regulatory infrastructure in the US created conditions ripe for a global financial crisis. It answers two important questions: how did it happen? And whose fault was it?

Full report available here.

The Broken Ladder: The Threat to Upward Mobility in the Global City
Joel Kotkin, Legatum Institute Adjunct Fellow
May 2010

This is a major international study of how increasing urbanisation in the world is affecting the prospect of upward mobility for ordinary families and individuals. The study focuses on the key social and economic developments in three major global cities: London, Mexico City and Mumbai.

Full report available here.

Prospects for Pakistan
Jonathan Paris, Legatum Institute Adjunct Fellow
January 2010

This report considers the most important issues facing Pakistan of the next one to three years including the economy, civil-military issues, Islamic trends, the future of the Taliban, the India-Pakistan relationship and the US-Pakistan relationship.

Full report available here.

Legatum Institute Survey of Entrepreneurs: India
Ryan Streeter, Legatum Institute Senior Fellow
December 2009

This report is the inaugural edition of the Legatum Institute’s Survey of Entrepreneurs: India. It is one of the largest surveys of entrepreneurs in the world and allows us to “get inside the mind” of India’s enterprising class.

Full report available here.

Not What They Had in Mind
Arnold Kling
September 2009

This important study provides a comprehensive historical account of how policy choices made over decades in the United States created conditions ripe for a global crisis.

Full report available here.

2009 Legatum Prosperity Index™ Summary Report
Legatum Institute
October 2009 

The Legatum Prosperity Index™ is the world’s only global assessment of wealth and wellbeing. It assesses 104 countries using a holistic definition of prosperity to include both material wealth and quality of life.

Full report available here.

2009 Legatum Prosperity Index™
Legatum Institute
October 2009

The Legatum Prosperity Index™ is the world’s only global assessment of wealth and wellbeing. The Prosperity Index ranks countries based on the foundations of prosperity: the factors that help drive economic growth or produce happy citizens.

Full report available here.