Jamie Skinner

Principal researcher, Natural Resources; team leader, water

Jamie Skinner is an expert on water governance, especially in arid lands. His work has a particular focus on managing the social and environmental dimensions of large dam projects. He also looks at how to manage multiple benefits from water.

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He is currently managing the Global Water Initiative programme for West Africa. This programme aims to improve water management for sustainable agriculture and food security across five countries: Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Senegal.

Expertise

Water governance, especially in arid lands; planning and management of social and environmental dimensions of large dams; management of multiple benefits from water.

Before IIED