Bina Agarwal

Who is Bina Agarwal?

Bina Agarwal is a prize-winning development economist and Director and Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth in University of Delhi. She has written extensively on land, livelihoods and property rights; environment and development; the political economy of gender; poverty and inequality; legal change; and agriculture and technological transformation. Among her best known works is the award-winning book—A Field of One’s Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia—which has had a significant impact on governments, NGOs, and international agencies in promoting women's rights in land and property. This work has also inspired research in Latin America and globally.