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14 December 2022
Desbloqueando la Prosperidad en Chile: Claves para una economía competitiva e inclusiva
Si bien la Constitución actual y la nueva definirán las reglas del juego, el país necesita acordar de manera transversal objetivos claros a mediano y largo plazo que definirán su futuro.
13 December 2022
Unlocking prosperity in Chile: building a competitive and inclusive economy
Chile seems to be immersed in a shadow of uncertainty, where the hopes for a new long-term vision are very associated with the constitutional process, rather than differentiating from a long-term national vision that needs to be developed to ensure further change.
17 November 2022
Autumn Statement will shield over a million from poverty – but poverty numbers still likely to hit record highs.
Uprating benefits in line with inflation will shield half a million from poverty, while support for energy bills, including Cost of Living Payments, will shield a further 900,000. However, there are still likely to be 15.6 million people in poverty in 2023-24.
9 November 2022
The American Dream Prosperity Index 2022
The American Dream Prosperity Index is a unique collaboration between the Legatum Institute and the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream which draws together the on-the-ground expertise of the Milken Center with the Legatum Institute’s expertise in measuring prosperity.
12 October 2022
Legatum Institute UK Prosperity Index Report Launch with Sajid Javid
The Legatum Institute’s UK Prosperity Index was launched on the 12 October 2022, with the Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP and the Legatum Institute’s CEO Baroness Stroud undertaking a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the nation, economic growth, the future of health care and family breakdown.
12 October 2022
UK Prosperity Index 2022
The Index measures institutional, economic, and social wellbeing across the UK’s 374 local authorities
11 October 2022
World Mental Health Day: Poverty and Mental Health in the UK
Those who experience poor mental health are more likely to be in poverty. Similarly, those in poverty are more likely to report mental health problems than those above the poverty line.
10 October 2022
Pathways to Prosperity: Malawi Case Study
While economic development policy should be centrally led, local implementation should be at the core as it recognises regional differences, needs, priorities and development opportunities.
9 October 2022
New: Nearly half a million more in poverty if benefits not uprated in line with inflation.
Uprating benefits in line with earnings, instead of in line with inflation, would result in 450,000 more living in poverty in 2023-24. Freezing benefits at their 2022-23 levels will result in an additional one million people in poverty.
3 October 2022
A British National Refugee Policy
New report calls for an approach to refugees that is about fairness, dignity, safety and opportunity.