INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INDEX (IPRI)
       2009REPORT
                Study conducted by Anne Chandima Dedigama, 2008 Hernando de Soto Fellow
                                with contributions by: 
                                  David Stanfield
                               Maria del Carmen Delgado
                               Kriengsak Chareongwonsak
                             Sudhir Ravindran & Arya Mathew
                             Clarissa Augustinus & Åsa Jonsson
                          A Project of the Property Rights Alliance
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                             Study conducted by Anne Chandima Dedigama, 2008 Hernando de Soto Fellow
                 TABLE OF CONTENTS
                 Letter from Hernando de Soto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
                 Letter from the Executive Director of the Property Rights Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
                 Foreword by David Stanfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
                 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
                 About the Author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
                 Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
                 Premise of the Hernando de Soto Fellowship Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
                 Chapter I:      INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
                 Chapter II:     PROPERTY RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
                 Chapter III:    INDEX COMPOSITION AND COVERAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
                 Exhibit 1:      Structure of the IPRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
                                 1. Legal and Political Environment
                                 2. Physical Property Rights (PPR)
                                 3. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
                 Chapter IV:     RESULTS(Data and Outcome Characteristics). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
                                 IPRI Ranking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
                 Exhibit 2:      By IPRI Ranking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
                 Exhibit 3:      IPRI Ranking by Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
                 Exhibit 4:      IPRI Ranking by Quintile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
                                 Ranking by Index Core Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
                 Exhibit 5:      Ranking by Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
                 Exhibit 6:      Top 10 and Bottom 10 by Component (Number indicates rank). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
                 Exhibit 7:      Ranking by LP Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
                 Exhibit 8:      Ranking by PPR Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
                 Exhibit 9:      Ranking by IPR Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
                                 Regional Distribution of IPRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
                 Exhibit 10:     Average Performance by Region and Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
                 Exhibit 11:     Average Performance by Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
                                 IPRI and Economic Well-Being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
                 Exhibit 12:     Average Income by Quintile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
                 Exhibit 13:     Relationship between IPRI and GDP Per Capita (with fitted line). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
                                 Special Country Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
                 Exhibit 14:     Relationship between LP and GDP Per Capita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
                 Exhibit 15:     Relationship between Physical Property Rights (PPR) and GDP Per  Capita . . . . . . . 31
                 Exhibit 16:     Relationship between Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)  and GDP Per Capita . . . . . 31
                                 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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                                                  Table of Contents, Continued
                Chapter V:    IPRI AND GENDER EQUALITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
                Exhibit 17:   Structure of the Gender Equality Component (GE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
                Exhibit 18:   By IPRI (GE) Ranking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
                Exhibit 19:   By GE Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
                              CASE STUDY: WOMEN AND LAND RIGHTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
                              By Dr. Clarissa Augustinus and Ms Asa Jonsson from UN-HABITAT
                Chapter VI:   CASE STUDIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
                              PHYSICAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
                              Case Study: Titling Project in El Salvador
                              By Mrs. Maria del Carmen Delgado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
                              Case Study: Titling Project in Thailand
                              By Dr. Kriegnsak Chareonwongsak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
                              INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
                              Case Study: The Protection of Geographical Indications in India: 
                              The Case of Darjeeling TeaBy Dr. Sudhir Ravindran and Ms. Arya Mathew . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
                Chapter VII:  DATA SOURCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
                Appendix I:   OVERVIEW OF IPRI SCORES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
                Appendix II:  DETAILED METHODOLOGY AND DATA SOURCEINFORMATION . . . . . . 72
                Appendix III: REGIONAL DIVISION OF COUNTRIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
                References:    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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