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Elizabeth Robinson
Elizabeth Robinson, now based in Ghana, is a research associate with the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford in the UK. From 2004 she was resident in Tanzania, and from 2007 was a fellow at the Environment for Development Tanzania initiative and a lecturer on the AERC collaborative PhD programme in the Economics Department at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. She is an economist specializing in agriculture, natural resources, and the environment, with over 15 years experience undertaking applied research in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
Elizabeth’s research focuses on the intersection of people and the natural environment, in particular how policies and institutions can be designed to protect both resource-dependent livelihoods and the natural resource base.
Methodologically, Elizabeth focuses on explicitly spatial and temporal models of resource extraction, on spatial optimal enforcement models, and combining anthropological and economic data collection approaches.
Her current research includes: identifying the determinants of successful participatory forest management in Tanzania; designing optimal incentives and enforcement mechanisms for managing wildlife and forests; enforcement and corruption; and the impact on livelihoods and other forested areas of excluding people from specific areas of forest.
Expertise/Research area
Spatial-temporal modelling of natural resources Dynamic and spatial issues of protected area management and buffer zones Participatory forest management, particularly in Tanzania Property rights and optimal enforcement mechanisms
