RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

The Rural Development Institute (RDI), located in Seattle, Washington, USA, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation. RDI is a unique organization of lawyers devoted to problems of land reform and related issues in less developed countries and transitional economies. RDI’s goal is to assist in alleviating world poverty and instability through land reform and rural development. RDI staff have conducted field research and advised on land reform issues in 35 countries in Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Roy L. Prosterman is Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law and President of RDI. Tim Hanstad is Executive Director of RDI and an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Washington. International Development, Less Developed Countries, Global Poverty, Rural Development, Land-to-the-Tiller, Land Reform, Prosterman, Poverty Alleviation, Agriculture, Agricultural Development, Micro-Plots, Garden Plots, Homestead Programs, Global Security, Rule of Law, Hunger, Nutrition, Infant Mortality, Terrorism, Womenís Empowerment, Gender Studies, Land Law, Land Policy, Land Rights, Property Rights, Land Tenure, Land Access, Land Security, Land Registration, Land Titling, Land Administration, Cropland, Farmland, Grassland, Forest Land, Farming, Food Security, The World Bank, FAO, USAID, Joint Titling, Common Property, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, Decollectivization, Privatization, Democratization, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Vietnam, El Salvador, Philippines, Egypt, China, Russia, India, West Bengal , Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Indonesia, Java, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova.