IFPRI is participating extensively in the World Bank’s 20th annual Land and Poverty Conference in Washington, DC under the theme “Catalyzing Innovation.”

The Land and Poverty conference presents the latest research and innovations in policies and good practice on land governance around the world. This conference has become one of the largest international events on land governance, attracting participants from governments, academics, civil society, and the private sector.

IFPRI Participants:

01-05: Evaluating Impacts of Land Tenure Interventions I (March 26 — 8:30am – 10:00am)

• Session Chair, Hosaena Ghebru, Research Fellow, IFPRI

02-09: Using Cadastral Information to Value and Govern Natural Capital (March 26 — 10:30am – 12:00pm)

The Socio-Economic Impact of Measures to Avert or Reverse Land Degradation in Agriculture: A Systematic Review

• Jan Duchoslav, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI

02-13: Gender Aspects of Land Tenure (March 26 — 10:30am – 12:00pm)

Land Reform and Child Health in the Kyrgyz Republic

• Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

03-04: Recognizing Women’s Rights Over Common Resources (March 26 — 2:00pm – 3:30pm)

Women’s Tenure Security on Collective Lands: Implications for Measurement and Policy

• Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Poster Board 02-02 (March 27 — 7:00pm)

Perceived Tenure (In)security in the Era of Rural Transformation: A Gender-Disaggregated Analysis from Mozambique

• Hosaena Ghebru, Research Fellow, IFPRI

Poster Board 02-03 (March 27 — 7:00pm)

Land Access and Perceived Tenure Security in the Era of Social, Economic and Environmental Dynamics/Transformation in Africa

• Hosaena Ghebru, Research Fellow, IFPRI

10-08: Evaluating Impacts of Tenure Interventions IV (March 28 — 10:30am – 12:00pm)

The Impacts of Second-Level Land Certification (SLLC) in Ethiopia: Empirical Evidence Using Panel Data

• Hosaena Ghebru, Research Fellow, IFPRI

11-08: Improving Access to Land for the Youth (March 28 — 2:00pm – 3:30pm)

Land Access and Youth Spatial and Occupational Mobility in Africa: The Case of Nigeria

• Hosaena Ghebru, Research Fellow, IFPRI
• Mulubrhan Amare, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI
• George Mavrotas, Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader of IFPRI’s Nigeria Country Strategy Program, IFPRI
• Adebayo Ogunniyi, Research Analyst, IFPRI

 

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