
Karol Boudreaux
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Affiliated Scholar
Karol Boudreaux was an affiliated senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She formerly served as lead researcher for Enterprise Africa, a research project that reported on enterprise-based solutions to poverty in Africa. She also served as a member of the faculty of the George Mason University School of Law, and served on the Working Group on Property Rights of the U.N.'s Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor.
Ms. Boudreaux's main areas of interest include the institutional analysis of property rights, land tenure, natural resource management and, international development. The main focus of her research is contemporary Africa and the ways in which particular institutional arrangements have either helped or hindered human flourishing and economic development on the continent.
Ms. Boudreaux currently serves as Africa Land Tenure Specialist at USAID. Before joining the Mercatus Center she was assistant dean at the George Mason University School of Law. Additionally, she taught for four years at Clemson University in the legal studies department after which she served as director of programs at the Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington-on-Hudson, NY.
Ms. Boudreaux earned her BA in English literature from Rutgers University (Douglass College) and her JD from the University of Virginia's School of Law.
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Women and Policy — How Do Female Property Rights Impact Economic Development?
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Community Conservation in Namibia
- | Research Papers Research Papers
A Better Brew for Success
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Yes Africa Can
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Land Reform as Social Justice: The Case of South Africa

- | Working Papers Working Papers
Land Reform as Social Justice: The Case of South Africa
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Land Tenure Security and Agricultural Productivity

- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Land Conflict and Genocide in Rwanda
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Working Papers Working Papers
The Role of Entrepreneurship in Conflict Reduction in the Post-Genocide Rwandan Coffee Industry
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Women and Policy — How Do Female Property Rights Impact Economic Development?
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Community Conservation in Namibia
- | Research Papers Research Papers
A Better Brew for Success
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Yes Africa Can
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Land Reform as Social Justice: The Case of South Africa

- | Working Papers Working Papers
Land Reform as Social Justice: The Case of South Africa
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Land Tenure Security and Agricultural Productivity

- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Land Conflict and Genocide in Rwanda
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Working Papers Working Papers
The Role of Entrepreneurship in Conflict Reduction in the Post-Genocide Rwandan Coffee Industry
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Community Conservation in Namibia
- | Research Papers Research Papers
A Better Brew for Success
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Land Reform as Social Justice: The Case of South Africa

- | Working Papers Working Papers
Land Reform as Social Justice: The Case of South Africa
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Land Conflict and Genocide in Rwanda
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Working Papers Working Papers
The Role of Entrepreneurship in Conflict Reduction in the Post-Genocide Rwandan Coffee Industry
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Fighting the Food Crisis: Feeding Africa One Family at Time

- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Freedom and Economics of Choice

- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Urbanisation and Informality in Africa's Housing Markets

- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Yes Africa Can
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Land Tenure Security and Agricultural Productivity

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
South Africa: Increasing Opportunities for the Poor

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
South Africa Election: Policy Recommendations for a New Government

- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Starving for Change
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Managing Expectations for Microcredit
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Planting Seeds of Hope

- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Conserving Communities

- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
The Business of Reconciliation

- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Perking up the Economy: Coffee in Rwanda

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast