Release of the 2007 International Property Rights Index; 9:00 am - 10:30 am on Tuesday, March 6, 2007

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Property Rights Alliance:

                                   WHAT

 Presentation of the 2007 International Property Rights Index (IPRI) by the

                          Property Rights Alliance

 Followed by a discussion by a panel of experts on what the Index means for

     private property rights in the 110th Congress and around the globe

                                    WHO

   Chris Israel: United States Coordinator for International Intellectual

                            Property Enforcement

Tim Kane, PhD: Director, Center for International Trade and Economics (CITE)

and co-author of the annual Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal Economic

                              Freedom Index

       Syed Kamall MEP: Member of European Parliament, United Kingdom

                                    WHEN

                           Tuesday, March 6, 2007

                9:00 am to 10:30 am (Breakfast to be served)

                                   WHERE

                      National Press Club - 13th Floor

                            529 14th Street, NW

                            Washington, DC 20045

    Property Rights Alliance has partnered with thirty-seven (37) global

  institutions to present the inaugural 2007 International Property Rights

                                Index (IPRI)

The 2007 International Property Rights Index (IPRI) is the first international comparative study that measures the significance of both physical and intellectual property rights and their protection for economic well-being. With this first edition, Property Rights Alliance has initiated a new series of IPRI studies for the Hernando de Soto Fellowship Program that will contribute to developing accurate and comprehensive measures regarding property rights (PR) on an international scale. The International Property Rights Index will provide the public, researchers and policymakers, from across the globe, with a tool for comparative analysis and future research on global property rights. In order to incorporate and grasp the important aspects related to property rights protection, the Index focuses on three areas: Legal and Political Environment (LP), Physical Property Rights (PPR), and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). The current study analyzes data for seventy countries around the globe, representing ninety-five percent of world GDP. Of great importance, the 2007 gauge incorporates data of PR protection from various sources, often directly obtained from expert surveys within the evaluated countries.

The 2007 IPRI partner organizations include: Alternate Solutions Institute (Pakistan), Asociacion de Consumidores Libres (Costa Rica), Centre for Free Enterprise (Korea), Centro de Investigaciones Economicas Nacionales (Guatemala), CEPOS (Denmark), Competere (Italy), Circulo Liberal (Uruguay), CIVITA (Norway), ESEADE University (Argentina), Eudoxa (Sweden), European Center for Economic Growth (Belgium/Austria), FREE (Poland), Friedrich A. v. Hayek Institut (Austria), Friedrich Naumann Foundation (East and Southeast Asia Regional Office), Fundacion Atlas 1853 (Argentina), Fundacion IDEA (Mexico), Fundacion Libertad (Panama), Fundacion Libertad y Democracia (Bolivia), IMANI: The Centre for Humane Education (Ghana), Initiative for Public Policy Analysis (Nigeria), Instituto de Libre Empresa (Peru), Instituto Ecuatoriano de Economia Politica (Ecuador), Instituto Liberdade (Brazil), Instituto Libertad y Progreso (Colombia), Instituto Para La Libertad y el Analisis de Politicas (Costa Rica), Institut Constant de Rebecque (Switzerland), Institute for Free Enterprise (Germany), Institute for Public Affairs (Australia), Inter Region Economic Network (Kenya), International Policy Network (United Kingdom), Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies (Israel), Libertad y Desarrollo (Chile), Liberty Institute (India), Property Rights Alliance (United States), RSE - Centre for Social and Economic Research (Iceland), The Center for Institutional Analysis and Development (Romania), The Free Market Foundation (South Africa), The Lion Rock Institute (Hong Kong).

Property Rights Alliance (PRA) stands as an advocacy organization dedicated to the protection of physical and intellectual property rights, domestically and internationally. PRA is a special project of Americans for Tax Reform.

For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact Scott A. LaGanga at (202) 390-6978 or at slaganga@propertyrightsalliance.org .

CONTACT: Scott A. LaGanga of Property Rights Alliance, +1-202-390-6978,

slaganga@propertyrightsalliance.org

Web site: http://www.propertyrightsalliance.org/

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