M. Mercedes Stickler is the senior land governance and evaluation specialist at the U.S. Agency for International Development. She oversees USAID's portfolio of land tenure impact evaluations and related research and provides technical assistance on issues related to land tenure, climate-smart agriculture, and natural resources management. Ms. Stickler is the co-author of a landmark World Bank book on large-scale land acquisition and has authored numerous papers on land issues in sub-Saharan Africa.