Climate and Land Governance
Faculty Lead: Heather Huntington
Climate change, environmental stress, and insecure land tenure threaten development gains and stability. PDRI-DevLab studies how climate risks, land governance, and institutional reforms intersect to shape economic and social well-being.
Our work includes:
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Evaluating land registration and titling reforms and their effects on investment, equity, and gender dynamics.
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Testing climate adaptation and resilience-building strategies.
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Studying governance innovations that strengthen accountability and service delivery in fragile states.
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Linking environmental stress to migration, displacement, and conflict.
We apply experimental and quasi-experimental methods, geospatial analysis, and remote sensing, in partnership with the World Bank, USAID, and Penn’s Weitzman School of Design.