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  • The 2019 Legatum Prosperity Index is here

    Monday, November 25, 2019
    Prosperity Index - The Legatum Institute
    As a proud supporter, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Legatum Institute's 2019 Prosperity Index, which offers a unique insight into how prosperity is forming and changing across the world. This year the global findings reveal good news…

  • Unlocking what works: how community-based interventions are ending bonded labour in India

    Tuesday, October 1, 2019
    The Freedom Fund
    The Freedom Fund's new report "Unlocking what works: how community-based interventions are ending bonded labour in India" summarises the results of five external evaluations of the Freedom Fund's India programmes. These evaluations affirm that the…

  • The United States Prosperity Index 2019 is here

    Thursday, July 18, 2019
    The United States Prosperity Index - The Legatum Institute
    As a proud supporter, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Legatum Institute's United States Prosperity Index (USPI), which offers a unique insight into how prosperity is forming and changing across the U.S. The USPI is the first…

  • A new measure of poverty for the UK

    Friday, May 17, 2019
    Financial Times - Chris Giles
    On Friday 17th May, the UK government announced that it will start publishing experimental poverty statistics in 2020 using the methodology developed by the Social Metrics Commission (SMC), an independent Commission formed and led by Philippa…

  • Launch of the Global Index of Economic Openness

    Friday, May 17, 2019
    Global Index of Economic Openness (GIEO) - Legatum Institute
    The Legatum Institute has published its new Global Index of Economic Openness (GIEO), which measures the extent to which the economic systems of 157 countries enable trade, competition and productivity. The Index enables governments across the world…

  • The Freedom Fund's impact in 2018

    Tuesday, April 23, 2019
    2018 Annual Report - The Freedom Fund
    We are delighted to share the Freedom Fund’s 2018 Annual Report. In five years, working with their courageous frontline partners, they have directly liberated over 20,000 people vulnerable to slavery, helped get more than 46,000 at-risk children…

  • The END Fund selected as a TED Audacious Project

    Friday, April 19, 2019
    TED’s Audacious Projects - The END Fund
    The END Fund has been selected as one of TED’s Audacious Projects, a philanthropic effort to fund projects tackling specific pernicious issues across the globe. TED has raised over $280 million for the eight selected projects and will continue to…

  • Donors increasingly believe in pooling resources to create a bigger impact

    Friday, March 1, 2019
    Financial Times - Sarah Murray
    "We’re bringing donors together, but we’re also insisting that our partners on the ground collaborate" - Nick Grono, the CEO of the Freedom Fund, discusses their model of collaborative philanthropy in this Financial Times article on pooled…

  • Legatum Center Fellow helps Myanmar's entry-level workers

    Thursday, February 14, 2019
    MIT Management Sloan School - Meredith Somers
    Conor Smith, a 2018 Fellow at the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship has launched a new start up called New Day, or Neh Thit in Burmese, to help entry to mid-level workers in urban Myanmar improve their chances of employment. New…

  • Top 10 Healthiest Countries In The World

    Monday, February 4, 2019
    Value Walk - Vikas Shukla
    The Legatum Institute ranked the healthiest countries in the latest Legatum Prosperity Index, based on a variety of factors including life expectancy, vaccination rates, obesity, the perception of health problems, mental health, level of disease,…