Senior Associate
Center on International Development and Governance
Ms. Rabenhorst is a senior lawyer specializing in real estate law, property rights, mortgage and construction finance, and housing associations. She has worked in some 28 developing and transitioning economies in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Africa, and Southern Asia to reform the legal, regulatory, and institutional frameworks relating to the establishment and improvement of property rights, registration systems, and real estate markets. She has frequently served as legal component leader for assessment of conditions in relevant sectors, and has drafted new laws, amendments, documentation and procedures in numerous countries.
Prior to beginning her international work for the Urban Institute in 1993, Ms. Rabenhorst was engaged in the private practice of law for 14 years. A partner in a Washington, DC law firm, she specialized in real estate law and commercial and residential property development.
Email: CRabenhorst@urban.org
Areas of expertise
Mortgage law and enforcement, property registration, property issues in economic development
Country Experience:
Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania, and Uganda); Asia (India and Indonesia); Central and Eastern Europe (Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia); Former Soviet Union (Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan); Latin American and Caribbean (Honduras).
Email: CRabenhorst@urban.org
Selected Publications from Carol Rabenhorst
Condominium Housing and Mortgage Lending in Emerging Markets--Constraints and Opportunities Affordable Rental Housing in Healthy Communities Rebuilding After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita"I Was Born in that Village" Prospects for Minority Returns and Sustainable Integrated Communities in KosovoPublications by topic:
International Development
Public Administration & Local Government
Housing and Land Markets
Civil Society & Democratic Institutions
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