23May2013
Water and Agricultural Policy
SRCC publishes transitional period policy papers and analysis articles that focus on reforming water governance, managing Syria's limited water sources through demand and supply approaches, regional water politics, trans-boundary water issues, improving food production, reforming agricultural subsidies, building new rural institutions and support for farmers, developing adaptation and mitigation approaches to climate change.
SRCC Experts on Water and Agricultural Policy
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Lamia El-Fattal Masadiah Ph.D.
Water and Agricultural Policy
Dr. El-Fattal is a development expert specialising in public policy, rural development, agriculture and natural resource management, with a focus on water. She has a bachelor's from Oxford University, a master's from the American University of Beirut and a Ph.D. from the University of Delaware. She previously worked with the International Development Research Centre in Canada as a senior programme specialist. She has also worked for the USAID-funded Agriculture Policy Reform Programme, for Abt Associates on assignments including supporting rural women's income-generating activities in the Middle East and with the Cairo Regional Office of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN. In October 1991, Dr. El-Fattal was awarded a McNamara Post Doctoral Fellowship from the World Bank.