Arun Agrawal

Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment

Map burkina_faso senegal kenya congo_brazzaville niger uganda tanzania ethiopia cameroon
Contact Information:
Major Projects:
  • Conducting research on the intersection of climate adaptation and development in Niger, Burkina, and Senegal, supported by the World Bank.
  • Conducting research on estimating relative costs of different climate adaptation strategies in Ethiopia and Mali, supposed by the World Bank.
  • Coordinated a meeting in Johannesburg of stakeholders in the National Adaptation Plans of Action from ten countries on behalf of the World Development Report core team.
  • Environmental governance, Logging, and NGOs in Cameroon and Congo-Brazzaville. In collaboration with Daniel Brown, Tom Lyon, Rebecca Hardin, and Rick Riolo (NSF).
  • Mobilizing Rural Institutions: Study of local governance, irrigation, and cooperative institutions in Ethiopia.
  • International Forest Resources and Institutions Network. Study of local patterns of forest governance in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. (Ford, MacArthur).
  • Environmental Politics and Institutional Choice: Forestry and Wildlife Policies in the Developing World. Study of environmental policy change during 1980-2000 in 58 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Dataset nearly complete.
Countries:
  • Burkina Faso
  • Senegal
  • Kenya
  • Congo-Brazzaville
  • Niger
  • Uganda
  • Tanzania
  • Ethiopia
  • Cameroon
School:
  • School of Natural Resources and Environment