Paul Rabé has a background in urban management and political science, and almost 25 years of experience on advisory and institutional development assignments in the socio-economic development field, with a particular focus on urban land management. Major areas of substantive focus within the field of land include governance, spatial planning, housing and poverty reduction. Dr. Rabé has worked extensively on institutional development assignments, in capacity building and training. He has experience as Team Leader of multi-disciplinary and multi-national teams, both at the national, policy development level as well as at the implementation level, with local authorities and communities. Email: paulrabe@gmail.com