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title	Professor Director, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
department	City & Regional Planning
address	203 West Sibley Hall
phone	(607) 255-0177
email	dbl2@cornell.edu

Professor David Lewis has been actively engaged in planning and policy research in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. He has been working on social, economic, and political issues associated with environmental resource management in the Lake Victoria region of East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda). Most recently, he has participated in training for officials from Kazakhstan aimed at improved governance. He is particularly interested in the application of system dynamics simulation modeling techniques to large-scale policy and planning challenges.

education

B.S., Stanford University, 1962
M.S., Stanford University, 1966
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1973

work

Director, Kazakhstan International Training

Professional practice: Consultant to the prime minister of Kazakhstan

courses

CRP 675, Project Planning in Developing Countries
CRP 621,Quantitative Techniques for Policy Analysis and Program Management

research

Science and technology policy in developing nations
Quantitative methods for policy evaluation
Rural development
Project planning
Development management
South Asia, southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East
University program administration