![Media Name: global-reach-header.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/images/global-reach-header.jpg?itok=sPXKXPSB) # Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity At a Glance The Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity was established to promote a better understanding around the world of the benefits of market‐​liberal policy solutions to combat some of the most pressing problems faced by developing nations. In particular, the Center seeks to advance policies that protect human rights, extend the range of personal choice, and support the central role of economic freedom in ending world poverty. Scholars in the Center address a range of economic development issues including economic growth, international financial crises, the informal economy, policy reform, the effectiveness of official aid agencies, public pension privatization, the transition from socialism to the market, and globalization. Every year, the Center works with the Fraser Institute in Canada and more than 70 think tanks around the world to produce the Economic Freedom of the World report, which seeks to measure the consistency of the institutions and policies of various countries with voluntary exchange and the other dimensions of economic freedom. Share This Topic #### Topics - [Global Freedom](/global-freedom) - [Immigration](/immigration) [![Sweden & Parliament](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2023-08/sweden-parliament.jpg?itok=Eq5ZbsDZ)](https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/sweden-during-pandemic) Study ### [Sweden during the Pandemic](/policy-analysis/sweden-during-pandemic) By [Johan Norberg](https://www.cato.org/people/johan-norberg) The main difference between Sweden’s strategy and that of most other countries was that it mostly relied on voluntary adaptation rather than government force. [![Hundred dollar bills being printed](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2021-01/GettyImages-1194989897.jpg?itok=JsovF37i)](https://www.cato.org/briefing-paper/argentina-should-dollarize-pronto) Study ### [Argentina Should Dollarize, Pronto](/briefing-paper/argentina-should-dollarize-pronto) By [Gabriela Calderon de Burgos](https://www.cato.org/people/gabriela-calderon-de-burgos) and [Daniel Raisbeck](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-raisbeck) For the first time since the early 1990s, Argentina’s annual inflation rate has surpassed 100 percent. It is time to replace the peso with the dollar. [![Immigration Paperwork](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2023-06/immigration-paperwork-Cropped.jpg?itok=VZvCl7jg)](https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/why-legal-immigration-nearly-impossible) Study ### [Why Legal Immigration Is Nearly Impossible](/policy-analysis/why-legal-immigration-nearly-impossible) By [David J. Bier](https://www.cato.org/people/david-bier) The government’s restrictive criteria render legal paths of immigration available in only the most extreme cases. ![Superabundance cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/promo_block_book_cover_1x/public/2022-08/superabundance-cover.jpeg?itok=QA9SumYu) ##### Featured Book ### *Superabundance* ##### *The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet* This controversial and counterintuitive new book examines why population growth and freedom to innovate make Earth’s resources more, not less, abundant. [More About This Book](https://www.cato.org/books/superabundance) #### Our Experts [![Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar Cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2021-01/Swaminathan%20Aiyar.jpg?itok=faGJkCqt)](/people/swaminathan-s-anklesaria-aiyar) ##### [Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar](/people/swaminathan-s-anklesaria-aiyar) Former Research Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity [![Mustafa Akyol Cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2024-11/akyol-cropped-new.jpg?itok=PnqQ3H0C)](/people/mustafa-akyol) ##### [Mustafa Akyol](/people/mustafa-akyol) Senior Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity [![David J. Bier](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2021-01/David%20Bier.jpg?itok=JEvQToSZ)](/people/david-bier) ##### [David J. Bier](/people/david-bier) Director, Immigration Studies, and The Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy [![Gabriela Calderon de Burgos Cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2025-01/calderon-cropped.jpg?itok=iikOiEzE)](/people/gabriela-calderon-de-burgos) ##### [Gabriela Calderon de Burgos](/people/gabriela-calderon-de-burgos) Fellow in Latin American Studies [![Chelsea Follett](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2021-01/Chelsea%20Follett.jpg?itok=eaQOLmbf)](/people/chelsea-follett) ##### [Chelsea Follett](/people/chelsea-follett) Research Fellow [![Johan Norberg cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2023-11/johan-norberg-Cropped.jpg?itok=T1oNAMQ6)](/people/johan-norberg) ##### [Johan Norberg](/people/johan-norberg) Senior Fellow [![nowrasteh_cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2026-05/nowrasteh_cropped.jpg?itok=ZDVkFtZQ)](/people/alex-nowrasteh) ##### [Alex Nowrasteh](/people/alex-nowrasteh) Senior Vice President for Policy [![d-raisbeck-cropped.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2022-05/d-raisbeck-cropped.jpg?itok=DupKq6VG)](/people/daniel-raisbeck) ##### [Daniel Raisbeck](/people/daniel-raisbeck) Former Policy Analyst [![marian-tupy-crop-temp.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2022-08/marian-tupy-crop-temp.jpg?itok=wW_BiiI_)](/people/marian-l-tupy) ##### [Marian L. Tupy](/people/marian-l-tupy) Senior Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity [![Ian Vásquez](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/bio_picture_mobile/public/2021-01/Ian%20Vasquez.jpg?itok=HJ-vkM2y)](/people/ian-vasquez) ##### [Ian Vásquez](/people/ian-vasquez) Vice President for International Studies, Director of the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, and David Boaz Chair