| Idea of | Charter Cities |
| Proposed | Paul Michael Romer |
| Start Date | 2009-00-00 |
| Notes | Our History Nobel Laureate Paul Romer gave his famous TED talk in 2009 which he introduced the concept of charter cities to the world. Since then, organizations across every continent have come together in a race to build the world’s first successful charter cities. The Charter Cities Institute started with an insight: numerous stakeholders were interested in charter cities and approaching the idea from different angles, but there was little co-ordination or communication between them. |