Research Advisory Group

Research Advisory Group Members

Field of specialization: institutional sector development for key sectors, urban development, land and housing, municipal institutions, livelihood issues and higher education

Region of specialization: India, South Asia

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Amlanjyoti Goswami

Head for Legal and Regulation, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), India

Field of specialization: governance of land resources, Economic Development, large-scale investment, biofuels and food security

Region of specialization: International

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Anna Locke

Head of Programme - Agricultural Development and Policy, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UK

Also Associate Professor, Department of International development, University of Oxford, UK

Field of specialization: agriculture and gender

Region of specialization: Sub-Saharan Africa

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Cheryl Doss

Senior Departmental Lecturer in Development Economics, University of Oxford, UK

Field of specialization: behavioural economics, household finance and well-being, labor economics and the digital economy

Region of specialization: International

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Christos Makridis

Senior Adviser, Gallup

,Field of specialization: Land Administration, Region of specialization: Europe

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Chryssy Potsiou

Bureau member and Vice-chair of UNECE WPLA and Honorary FIG President (International Federation of S

Field of specialization: governance of land resources, Economic Development, community development

Region of specialization: International

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Malcolm Childress

Executive Director, Global Land Alliance (GLA), USA

Field of specialization: Equity, Gender and Tenure research, social, economic and ecological effects of forest rights devolution; studies of the impacts of land rights formalization on agricultural investment and productivity

Region of specialization: international

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Steven Lawry

Senior Associate, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), USA

Field of specialization: Applied research on Economic Development, Public Economics; Political Economy

Region of specialization: International

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Tim Besley

Professor of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economics, London School of Economics (L

Observers/Partners

Field of specialization: Survey design, International Development, Well-being

Region of specialization: International

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Rajesh Srinivasan

Regional Research Director, Asia and MENA, Gallup Inc

Field of specialization: Financial instruments, Agricultural Development

Region of specialization: India, South Asia

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Susan Thomas

Assistant Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

Blogs

The Arab world is changing fast – here’s how land data can help policymakers keep up

23.2.2021

One in four people in the Arab region feel insecure in their land and property rights - find out more

Blogs

Three things women in the Arab region told us about their land rights

23.2.2021

Prindex Researcher Joseph Feyertag sets out some key findings from his latest paper 'How perceived tenure security differs between men and women in the MENA region'

Press Release

1 in 4 people in the Arab world live in fear of eviction – new study

22.2.2021

A new analysis of Prindex’s global dataset finds that young people, urban renters, and women are vulnerable to tenure insecurity in the Arab region.