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Associate Professor and Director of International Programs
Expertise: Brutan, India, Nepal, Turkey, community forestry issues, community partnerships, non-governmental organizations, poverty, social policy, sustainable development
Bio:
Gautam N. Yadama addresses issues related to poverty, the role of non-governmental organizations in sustainable development, and governance of common pool resources. He is particularly interested in understanding how communities partner with the state to supply and manage public goods for the benefit of the poor and the marginalized. His current research focuses on understanding micro-institutional mechanisms for managing community forests under various exogenous conditions, including state-community relations, decentralization, and resource pressures. He has worked on community forestry issues in India, Bhutan, Nepal, and Turkey.
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Education:
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Ph.D. in Social Policy at Case Western Reserve University

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Violence and social order
 Research workshop explores social science of international development, March 24

March 3,
2009 --
Community-based conservation in Madagascar, property rights for the poor in Argentina and trade-offs between violence and power in societies throughout human history are among topics to be explored in a free public workshop on the social science of international development from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 24 in the Women's Building Formal Lounge.

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Additional Background: Yadama is also keen on understanding ways in which residents in urban communities produce public goods and services that affect their well-being. He is undertaking research in Nepal to understand the factors that explain variations in collective action to supply public goods in resource scarce urban neighborhoods. In understanding these processes, he hopes to meet two goals: 1) advance theoretical understanding of how citizens engage in collective action for the production of essential public goods, and 2) inform how public policy and development aid can be crafted to affect governance and state-citizen collaboration in producing critical public goods.
Yadama serves on the committees of the St. Louis Empowerment Zone Project and United Way of St. Louis.
Selected Publications
* Yadama, G.N. (forthcoming). Co-production of forests in Andhra Pradesh, India: Theoretical and practical considerations, Co-Management of Natural Resources in Asia: A Comparative Perspective. Persoon, G. & Sajise, P. (Eds.). Surrey, UK: Curzon Press.
* Yadama, G.N., & De Weese-Boyd, M. (forthcoming). Co-Management of Forests in the Tribal Regions of Andhra Pradesh, India: A study in the making and unmaking of social capital, Participatory Natural Resource Management: Analytical Perspectives. Vira, B. (Ed.). London: Macmillan Series in Global Issues.
* Agrawal, A. & Yadama, G.N. (1997). How do local institutions Mediate Market and Population Pressures on Resources? Forest Panchayats in Kumaon, India, Development and Change 28 (3), 435-465.
* Yadama, G.N. (1997). Tales From The Field: Observations on the Impact of Non-governmental Organizations, International Social Work 40 (2), 145-162.
Affiliations, Associations, Consultation
* Association for Asian Studies
* International Association for the Study of Common Property
* International Society of New Institutional Economics
* Invited by the Regional Office for Asia and Pacific, of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, to prepare a resource paper on the gender dimensions of Joint Forest Management progams in Andhra Pradesh, India. Case studies, and field research completed between December, 1995-January 1996.