Olga Kaganova

Dr. Kaganova is an internationally recognized expert on public asset management, which includes specific expertise in land management and public-private partnerships. She has also worked on land and property market reforms in countries with emerging markets. She has worked in Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Indonesia, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine on projects funded by the World Bank, USAID, and the Inter-American Development Bank. Dr. Kaganova also has experience in needs assessment, surveys, real estate market and feasibility studies, property appraisal, financial analysis of investment projects, and the introduction of property taxation (both ad valorem and non-ad valorem). She has published widely on real estate issues, including the book Managing Government Property Assets: International Experiences (UI Press, 2006). Her teaching experience includes visiting lectures and seminars at Johns Hopkins University, Penn State University, and Central European University (Budapest) – among other distinguished universities – and design and delivery of numerous executive training courses for audiences ranging from World Bank staff to local governments and real estate professionals in various countries. Prior to joining UI, Dr. Kaganova was a founding partner in AUREC, a private real estate consulting company in St. Petersburg, Russia. Dr. Kaganova holds the following international professional designations: Counselor of Real Estate (CRE) and Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS).

Areas of Expertise: Land policy and land management; management of government property assets; public-private partnerships; and real estate.

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