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Land Governance Assessment Framework, World Bank Publication

The World Bank Economic Sector Work publication “The Land Governance Assessment Framework: Identifying and Monitoring Good Practice in the Land Sector.” Authored by Klaus Deininger, Harris Selod, and Anthony Burns (2012). Please submit comments relating to this document to Kate Dalrymple, LEI Land Consultant kdalrymple@landequity.com.au

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Our Land Thoughts – The ‘DOS’ and ‘DON’TS’ of the land acquisition processes: navigating a just path to sustainable investments

National development agendas usually commit to the building of new infrastructure at a significant scale – promising upgraded or new roads, ports, airports, rail and energy infrastructure, housing, or urban development. With these commitments inevitably comes a demand for land. Although the land requirements for such investments will usually be context-specific, we know certain types of investments have enormous land requirements regardless of location. Utility scale solar or wind farms, for example, necessitate large surface areas to produce energy, particularly vis-à-vis traditional energy sources such as coal. Given the finite character of land, and the growing competition for different land uses, public land that is readily available for such investments is in diminishing supply.

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Support to the Palestinian Land Sector

Land management and administrative reform is a key priority for the Palestinian Authority, and secure tenure is fundamental to the economic growth, effective central and local governance, and citizen’s trust in the land and government services.  Two past reform land administration projects have been supported by the World Bank in the Palestinian territories, with varying results. The first sought to strengthen the capacity of the Palestinian Authority in land management, whilst the second sought to improve the design and implementation of the land registration system. The latter achieved little progress and it was agreed with development partners that the Palestinian Authority should develop a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder approach to land sector reform. This assignment supported Palestinian Authority efforts in this regard.

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Review and Update of the Strategic Plan for Implementation of Land Laws (SPILL)

In 2005, the MLHHSD finished preparing a Strategic Plan for Implementation of Land Laws (SPILL). It was prepared to provide a broad framework for the implementation of Land Act No.4 of 1999, Village Land Act No. 5 of 1999 and Land Disputes Courts Act No. 2 of 2002. A Land Reform Program was designed to support key activities of SPILL to facilitate development of a competitive domestic private sector. Support was provided to more urgent activities identified for implementation in the first five years of the 10-year term of the SPILL.

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Land Governance and Corruption Study

This is a governance assessment and measurement initiative on corruption in the land sector in Ethiopia. This provides an in depth analysis of the land sector and will contribute to an overall Economic Sector Work publication on Corruption in Ethiopia produced by the World Bank. The publication is designed to help develop a strategic anti-corruption strategy for Ethiopia and fill the knowledge gap required by donors and the Government of Ethiopia on this issue. In Ethiopia, a number of existing measures of governance are inconsistent and inaccurate and therefore little information exists in the public domain. Therefore, one of the key goals of this project is to expand the literature base on corruption in Ethiopia, to tell the story accurately and to put the information in the public domain. This publication will unpack sector level corruption, assessing in this study the nature and extent of land sector corruption. The three key objectives are to: (1) map the different forms, types, linkages and scope of corruption in this field; (ii) identify particular areas within the sector vulnerable to poor governance, reveal weaknesses and practices at different levels through empirical quantitative and qualitative evidence; and (iii) work with stakeholders to propose a way forward in efforts to tackle corruption in the land administration sector.

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Governance in Land Administration Study (LGAF)

The objective of the Phase I assignment was threefold, namely to (i) develop, based on a comprehensive review of available conceptual and empirical literature, a conceptual framework and use this to define indicators for assessing good governance in land administration and management and a methodology to apply this framework empirically to four countries; (ii) organize a workshop to discuss these outputs with other stakeholders in a public forum that would include country and regional representatives and make changes as appropriate; (iii) conduct the four country case studies using Peru as a pilot study, followed by studies in Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, and Tanzania with summaries of the results in country-specific reports. Once these were approved, prepared a final report the content of which was presented at a conference in Washington DC in March 2009.

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Lao Land Titling Project – Phase I

This project is a World Bank/AusAID co-financed project. The overall goal of the project is to strengthen the basis for long-term sustainable economic and social development. In conformity with this goal, the objectives of the project are to foster the development of efficient land markets and to facilitate domestic resource mobilization by providing a system of clear and enforceable land use ownership rights, and by developing a land valuation capacity. The project supports the first seven years of a longer term national land titling program (which is being developed during implementation) aimed at extending secure land ownership and developing land administration and valuation systems, including compiling a cadastral mapping system. The main components of the project are: (a) completion of the policy and legal framework for land management and administration (US$0.4 million); (b) implementation of an accelerated land titling program (US$19.0 million); (c) improvements in infrastructure, facilities and systems for land administration (US$2.7 million); (d) improvements in land valuation (US$0.8 million); (e) support for project management and implementation, and institutional strengthening (US$4.0 million); (f) studies on community land tenure and registration, definition of forest boundaries, cost recovery, land rights issues on nationalized lands and socio-economic impact (US$0.6 million)

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Vanuatu Land Program closes with Kava after 5 years

Towards the end of 2015, LEI completed the five-year DFAT-funded Vanuatu Land Program. The Program was a long-term commitment by the Government of Vanuatu (GoV) in land sector reform initiatives that aimed to support the Land Sector Framework through improved decision making, making land transactions more transparent, and improving land management procedures and practices (and in doing so, minimise the potential for conflict over land matters).

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Land Governance & Land Program Research in Africa & Europe

LEI are leading Land Governance & Land Program Research in Africa & Europe. LEI are undertaking a comparative review of various land reform activities in Sub-Saharan Africa for FAO and the World Bank. The review considers alternative technologies and evaluates the impact of land reform programs including the impact of land regularization and land use planning. We are specifically looking at land issues involved in informal settlements and initiatives to reverse urban informality.

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LGAF: The Land Governance Wrap Up

After an extended process of conceptualising, developing, and pilot testing, the Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) in collaboration with the World Bank, is now being rolled out in Benin, Rwanda and Mozambique. A final Economic Sector Work report on LGAF will also be published in the near future by the World Bank.

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