# The world's first charter city?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2011
- Speaker: Paul Romer
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_romer_the_world_s_first_charter_city)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Back in 2009, Paul Romer unveiled the idea for a "charter city" -- a new kind of city with rules that favor democracy and trade. This year, at TED2011, he tells the story of how such a city might just happen in Honduras ... with a little help from his TEDTalk.

## Lectures

1. [The world's first charter city?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/paul_romer_the_world_s_first_charter_city/f0439d5d0672), 9 min (TED's player)