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

Why all land rights are workers’ rights

3.5.2021

Land insecurity and inequality are endemic and keep families trapped in poverty for generations

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Why land is important in understanding violent conflict

14.4.2021

Where there is conflict, land and natural resources issues are often found among the root causes or as major contributing factors

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Perceptions data reveal patterns of tenure insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa

23.3.2021

Understanding what drives perceived security can help decision-makers in the Middle East and North Africa design policies that work for citizens.