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Dr Jerome Anderson
Visiting Fellow

Jerome Anderson is a development assistance consultant.  Trained as an urban planner and attorney, his work has included real estate law reform, land policy development, design and implementation of computer systems for land registration and property taxation, construction of fiscal cadastres and management of geographic information systems.  Country experience includes Afghanistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Jordan, Egypt, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria, Bénin, Sudan, Lesotho, Sri Lanka, Belize, Canada and the United States.  Prior to his work in development, Dr. Anderson practiced real estate law in the United States and managed the development and implementation of a county-wide geographic information system and computer systems to support trial court administration.

 

His academic research and publications have focused on property taxation, land law reform and urban economic development, and draw on his development experience. 

 

 

PhD, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, 2007. 

JD, School of Law, Duquesne University, 1979.

MURP, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, 1974.

BA, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 1973.

 

Member of the Pennsylvania bar.

 

Dr. Anderson’s current research has two prongs.  One involves the evolution of planning in the transition countries of Eastern Europe and Eurasia.  A recently completed study of tourism planning in Bulgaria serves as the springboard for a broader consideration of the role of urban planning as cities in those regions adapt to the demands of the market.  This research is conducted jointly with a Bulgarian colleague.

 

A second research theme concerns the role of manufacturing in urban economies in transition and developing countries.  Because cities generate the bulk of a country’s GDP, and manufacturing is the basis for much economic activity, it follows that donor assistance policies should focus on strengthening the productive sector of urban economies.  This research is undertaken to demonstrate the need for donors to more actively support productive economic activities in urban areas to create jobs, boost incomes and reduce poverty.