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Independent Institute, Oakland, CA Liberty for Latin America: How to Undo Five Hundred Years of State Oppression by Alvaro Vargas Llosa Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005Published in both Spanish and English, Liberty for Latin America offers an analyses of the nature and importance of human liberty, personal responsibility, and the rule of law. It further provides a diagnosis of Latin America’s economic, cultural, legal, and historical situation, providing a powerful prescription for achieving genuine prosperity with the protection of the individual rights for the hundreds of millions of people living in its many countries. Alvaro Vargas Llosa accepted the Fisher Award for ‘Established Institutes’ (5 years or older) at the 2006 Atlas Liberty Forum. |
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Scientific Research Mises Center, Minsk, Belarus Belarus: Road to the Future edited by Jaroslav Romanchuk and Leonid Zaiko 2005Sharing First Prize in the ‘Young Institute’ category is the Scientific Research Mises Center (also known as the Minsk Mises Center) for its book, Belarus: Road to the Future. Organized as a hand-book for free-market reforms, it stands out as a courageous and principled tract offering a different way for the centrally-planned economy of Belarus, often referred to as the last dictatorship in Europe. |
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Fundacion Friedrich A. Von Hayek, Buenos Aires, Argentina Los Derechos Fundamentales y el Orden Jurídico e Institucional de Cuba (in English: ‘Fundamental Rights and Legal and Institutional Order in Cuba) by Ricardo Rojas published by Fundacion Friedrich A. Von Hayek, CADAL and Konrad Adenauer Stiftun, 2005Also sharing the ‘Young Institutes’ prize is Fundacion Friedrich A. von Hayek in Argentina, which co-published this book on the basis of international law and human rights, and Cuba’s violations of these fundamental rights and legal system. The book was authored by Judge Ricardo Rojas. |
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Maxim Institute , Auckland, New Zealand Parent Factor reports Innovative Prize The Maxim Institute received the $2000 Fisher Award in the category of ‘Innovative Projects’ for its Parent Factor reports, which assess parental perceptions about schooling in New Zealand and offer prescriptions to improve educational results by placing greater decision-making power in the hands of the most important stakeholders: parents, principals and teachers. |
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