20th Annual Conference on Land and Poverty

Catalyzing Innovation

Call for Papers, Posters and MasterClass

The World Bank is pleased to invite abstract submissions for the 20th Annual Conference on Land and Poverty to be held March 25 – 29, 2019 in Washington, DC, USA, at World Bank headquarters. Conference registration has opened too.

Conference structure

March 25: Pre-conference plenary on new data, analytical methods and piloting      (9 AM - 4PM); Official Conference opening at 4.30 pm

March 26-28: Conference: Parallel thematic tracks with oral paper presentations and policy round tables (8.30 AM- 5.15 PM). Closing session on March 28th at 4PM followed by reception (5.30 – 7.30 PM)

March 26-28: Poster sessions

March 29: Learning day: MasterClasses and field visits (9 AM -3 PM)

March 25-29: Exhibition booths in Atrium (If interested to in exhibition booth or in sponsoring the conference, please contact conference organizers on availability and conditions)

Land Conference priority themes for oral presentations and posters

Economic research and impact evaluation

Land policy and political economy

Land markets and structural transformation

Land and human rights, gender, indigenous peoples

Commons and natural resource management

Large scale land acquisition: Agriculture, extractives, infrastructure

Urban expansion, land use, land value capture, and housing

Use of remote sensing and land use policy

Data integration & interoperability for public service provision

Institutional innovation and private sector participation,

New ways of land data capture & analysis (incl. machine learning)

Global frameworks; land indicators; progress monitoring, LGAF

Submission instructions for paper abstract

Please submit abstract for oral presentation of an individual paper, poster, or MasterClass by October 12, 2018 via Conftool (Please view guidelines on how to create a new user account, submit an abstract for an individual paper and submit an abstract for a poster)

Abstracts should be between 800 and 1,500 words, anonymous, written in American English, and submitted online in Word format. Abstracts less than 800 words will not be reviewed.

Abstract selection for presentation is through a double-blind peer-review process. Criteria are (i) relevance to conference thematic tracks and overall theme; (ii) evidence-based and methodological appropriateness; (iii) innovative and new; (iv) significance of findings for policy, implementation or research agenda; and (v) clarity of presentation.  

Abstract acceptance for oral presentation, poster and masterclass will be communicated by December 3, 2018.

Due to space limitation, registered participants will be assigned max. one slot for oral presentation (for accepted abstracts only). If an additional abstract was accepted, it will be included in the poster presentations.

Kindly note that inclusion of an accepted presentation in the final conference program is conditional on timely conference registration and uploading of full paper.

Deadline conference registration: February 1, 2019

Deadline submission full papers, posters and MasterClasses: February 15, 2019

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