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Based in London, the Legatum Institute (LI) is an independent non-partisan public policy organisation whose research, publications, and programmes advance ideas and policies in support of free and prosperous societies around the world.


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Events and Highlights


  • 03 February 2012
  • Dalai Lama & LI to plan joint project
    His Holiness, the Dalai Lama has accepted the Legatum Institute's invitation to work together on a new ethics and public policy project.
  • 26 January 2012
  • Report Launch: Rwandan reforms
    New Legatum Institute report examines reform progress in Rwanda.
  • 21 January 2012
  • Salon Series: London
    The Legatum Institute hosted the latest event in its Salon Series exploring freedom in history, the arts, and ideas.
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Participants - 2009 Legatum Prosperity Symposium


Mr Meysam Ahmadi (Oxford Analytica)
Ms Janika Albers (Oxford Analytica)
Dr Sabina Alkire (Oxford University)
Mr Hamish Banks (Legatum Ltd)
Dr Roger Bate (American Enterprise Institute)
Dr Robert Beschel (World Bank)
Professor Jean Bethke Elshtain (The University of Chicago)
Professor Paul Collier (Oxford University)
Mr Mauro De Lorenzo (American Enterprise Institute)
Professor Daniel Drezner (Tufts University)
Professor Peter Feaver (Duke University)
Professor Bruno Frey University of Zurich)
Dr Jean Geran (Legatum Institute)
Dr Carol Graham (Brookings Institution)
Dr William Inboden (Legatum Institute)
Professor Robert Jensen (UCLA)
Professor Byron Johnson (Baylor University)
Professor Paul Kennedy (Yale University)
Professor Michael Kremer (Harvard University)
Dr Philip Levy (American Enterprise Institute)
Mr Michael Magan (Legatum Institute)
Professor Edmund Malesky (University of California – San Diego)
Mr Michael Maltese (Legatum Center at MIT)
Mr Alan McCormick (Legatum Ltd)
Mr Walter Russell Mead (Council on Foreign Relations)
Professor Ann Owen (Hamilton College)
Professor Robert Putnam (Harvard University)
Professor Allan Stam (University of Michigan)
Mr Mark Stoleson (Legatum Ltd)
Dr Ryan Streeter (Legatum Institute)
Professor Jeremi Suri (University of Wisconsin)
Dr Volker Then (Heidelberg University)
Mr Philip Vassiliou (Legatum Ltd)
Mr Sam Wilkin (Oxford Analytica)
Dr Tarik Yousef (Dubai School of Government)
Professor Luigi Zingales (University of Chicago)