BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Managing urban land markets in the public interest - Geoffrey Payn
 e  Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
DTSTART:20200129T160000Z
DTEND:20200129T170000Z
UID:TALK135994@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Judith Dixon
DESCRIPTION:{ABOUT THE SPEAKER}\nGeoffrey Payne is a housing and urban dev
 elopment consultant with nearly five decades of experience covering all re
 gions of the world. He has undertaken research\, consultancy and capacity 
 building assignments for international development agencies\, governments 
 and academic institutions\, published widely and contributed to numerous i
 nternational conferences\n \n{ABSTRACT}\nThe way that a society manages la
 nd and housing expresses a great deal about the values it holds. Individua
 l property ownership has been promoted globally as the solution to poverty
  for the last four decades. Despite evidence showing that it has forced up
  prices\, concentrated wealth and power in fewer and fewer hands\, and con
 tributed to the 2008 financial crisis\, it remains a cornerstone of econom
 ic policy in many countries. \n\nThe lecture will discuss international ex
 perience and options for ensuring that land and housing are managed more e
 ffectively in the public interest \n\n\n
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 3
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR