Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies

The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) is a leading research and teaching centre with an international reputation for high quality applied research and critical scholarship...

"PLAAS was founded in 1995 as a specialist unit in the School of Government at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Town. Since then, PLAAS has developed a proven track record of undertaking high-quality research on land and agrarian reform, poverty, and natural resource management in South Africa and the southern African region."

Researchers
Accessed March 2010:


 * Michael Aliber - Senior Researcher
 * Ben Cousins - DST/NRF Chair in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies
 * Andries du Toit - Director
 * Ruth Hall - Senior Researcher
 * Mafaniso Hara - Senior Researcher
 * Moenieba Isaacs - Senior Lecturer / Senior Researcher
 * Karin Kleinbooi - Researcher
 * Jan Mogaladi - Researcher
 * David Neves - Researcher
 * Obiozo Ukpabi - Researcher: Policy Dialogue

Contact
URL: http://www.plaas.org.za

Related Sourcewatch

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 * Ian Scoones