IFPRI is participating in the World Bank’s 19th annual Land and Poverty Conference in Washington, DC under the theme “Land Governance in an Interconnected World.”

The Land and Poverty conference will present the latest research and practice on the diversity of reforms, interventions, and innovations in the land sector around the world. The conference has become one of the largest international events on land governance, attracting over 1,300 participants in 2017 from governments, academics, civil society, and the private sector.

Researchers from IFPRI’s Development Strategy and Governance Division,  Environment and Production Technology Division, and Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division gave a number of presentations throughout the Conference.

IFPRI Participants:

02-12: Securing Women’s Land Rights in Customary Systems (March 20, 10:30am-12pm)

• Women’s Land Rights as a Pathway to Poverty Reduction A Framework and Review of Available Evidence
  • Ruth Meinzen Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
  • Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Resarch Fellow, IFPRI
  • Sophie Theis, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRI

Poster Board 01-07 (March 20 — 10:30am-12pm)

• Women’s Property Rights through the Household Life Cycle: Evidence from Nepal 
  • Ruth Meinzen Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
  • Sophie Theis, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRI

12-02: Developing a Shared Conceptual Framework for Research on Women’s Land Rights (March 23 — 9:00am-10:30am)

• Developing a Shared Conceptual Framework for Research on Women’s Land Rights
  • Ruth Meinzen Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

 

Click here for full agenda.