Harris Selod is a senior economist with the Development Research Group of the World Bank, on secondment from the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. His current research focuses on land governance, land mar- kets, and the spatial organization of rural, urban, and peri-urban areas in developing countries, with a specific interest in West Africa. He has published on a number of topics in regional and public economics, including theories of squatting and residential informality, the political economy of investments in transport infrastructure, the effects of residential segregation on schooling and unemployment, and the impact of land reforms and place-based policies. Prior to joining the World Bank in.
