Benjamin Linkow Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Bethesda, Md

Impact evaluation design, implementation, and data analysisLand tenure assessment and researchEconomic modelling and analysis of agriculture programsIllustrative projects:MCC Tanzania Roads Evaluation (2012-present): MCC’s Compact with Tanzania includes a major road rehabilitation effort of various road segments on both mainland Tanzania and the island of Pemba. NORC has been awarded a contract to undertake a rigorous impact evaluation of these roads activities. As Senior Analyst, Dr. Linkow is the technical lead on the project and is chiefly responsible for the quasi-experimental evaluation design and subsequent statistical analysis, as well as oversight of data collection.USAID Rwanda LAND Project (2012-present): In recent years, Rwanda has experienced dramatic reforms in the areas of land policy and administration. USAID’s LAND project is designed to support this process through land rights outreach and education, as well as support for local organizations to conduct policy-relevant research related to land issues. Dr. Linkow’s role is to provide technical support for Rwandan researchers studying economic issues related to land policy, tenure reforms, and land conflict. MCC Burkina Faso Rural Land Governance Project Pilot Evaluation (2008-2012): This MCC land tenure program included community land use planning as well as additional institutional support to address land conflict and land tenure insecurity in Burkina Faso. Dr. Linkow developed an Economic Rate of Return model in conjunction with other MCC staff for the project, as well as an innovative methodology for assessing the impact of the pilot of this program. This methodology was implemented using a baseline household survey that Dr. Linkow developed in collaboration with MCA-Burkina Faso counterparts. Finally, Dr. Linkow analyzed the results of the baseline and presented them to stakeholders in Burkina Faso, as well as the follow-up survey and data analysis for MCC.

-Carried out in-country land tenure assessments for USAID missions in Ethiopia, Ghana-Developed research proposals, research designs, and scopes of work for economic impact evaluations of USAID land tenure programming-Oversaw contractors implementing USAID training and research programs

Oxford, Oh

-Tenure track joint appointment in economics and international studies-Taught International Economics, Problems of non-Western Societies, Introduction to International Studies

-Designed impact evaluation and implemented baseline survey for USAID-funded Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development (PRADD) project in Liberia. -Included development of survey methodology, questionnaires, and sampling approach for household survey; in-country refinement of methodology and oversight of enumerator training, survey piloting, and data entry

-Evaluation design and baseline survey for impact evaluation of Burkina Faso property rights project, developed economic rate of return model-Compact proposal due diligence and assessment activities in Namibia, Mali-Land Rights and Access country eligibility indicator analysis and development

Phd, Agricultural And Applied Economics

Ba, Economics And Political Science