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Digitalization of Nepal’s Land Administration Sector

LEI provided technical assistance for the World Bank and Government of Nepal to support the digitalisation and decentralisation of Nepal’s land administration system, as well as the establishment of an integrated land and property valuation system. Nepal’s cadastral and land registry records are relatively comprehensive and widely available in digital format, providing a sound base […]

Global Land Facility Programme

Project Narrative Effective land governance systems are key to economic growth, rural livelihoods, climate change resilience, and women’s rights. Land is a key root cause of conflict, with increasing competition over land from growing pressures of climate change, increased food insecurity and migration; sustainable land governance is therefore also a critical foundation for stability, conflict […]

Vanuatu Affordable and Resilient Settlements (VARS) Project: Land Development Policy, Legal and Marketing Advisory Services

Vanuatu Land Development, Greater Port Vila Infrastructure, Affordable Housing Vanuatu, Resilient Settlements Development, VARS Project Vanuatu, Land Development Strategy Vanuatu, Housing for Low-Income Earners Vanuatu, Vanuatu Urban Planning, Informal Settlements Upgrading, Flood Mitigation Vanuatu, Vanuatu Land Administration, Greenfield Residential Development, Public-Private Partnerships Vanuatu, Vanuatu Land Policy Advisory, Vanuatu Land Development Legal Services, Community Trusts Vanuatu, Sustainable Urban Growth Vanuatu, Vanuatu Infrastructure Development, Land Subdivision Vanuatu, Vanuatu Government Land Development

Project Narrative The overarching development objectives of VARS are to (i) improve access to and resilience of infrastructure and services in selected new and existing settlements, and (ii) strengthen land planning and management for resilient human settlement. To achieve these objectives, VARS will develop a phased, ten-year, risk-informed Land Development, and Investment Strategy (LDIS) for […]

Market Driven Irrigation Horticulture (MDIH) Land and Gender Activity

Lesotho 2 Compact, Millennium Challenge Corporation, MCC Lesotho, Lesotho economic growth, Lesotho Land and Gender Activity, Market Driven Irrigation Horticulture, MDIH Project Lesotho, rural income improvement Lesotho, irrigation infrastructure Lesotho, commercial horticulture Lesotho, gender equity Lesotho, Lesotho irrigation systems, rural land registration system, gender reforms Lesotho, smallholder farmers Lesotho, anchor farmer Lesotho, irrigation scheme development, land use planning Lesotho, rural land market Lesotho, landholder rights Lesotho, Community Councils Lesotho, land registration Lesotho, Lesotho resettlement services, commercial farming partnerships Lesotho, Tetra Tech consultancy, Land Equity International, Lesotho agriculture projects, rural livelihoods Lesotho, agricultural production agreements, Lesotho land reforms

Project Narrative The Lesotho Land and Gender activity (L&G Activity), supported the Lesotho Millennium Challenge Account-II (MCA-Lesotho II) to meet the objectives of the Market Driven Irrigation Horticulture (MDIH) Project within the Lesotho 2 Compact. The MDIH project aims to increase rural incomes related to commercial horticulture, including for women, youth and the rural poor, […]

Mekong Region Land Governance – Phase III

Project Narrative MRLG Phases 1 and 2 have successfully undertaken a very wide range of activities, promoted diverse and innovative initiatives, engaged across a broad spectrum of land governance and land tenure-related issues, worked with a broad range of partners, (including CSOs, academia, research institutes, Government departments and agencies, the private sector). Phase 3 will […]

Technical Assistance and Recommendations for Digitalization of Land Administration in Lao PDR

ELSRP land information system, digital land administration, Lao PDR land registration, national land information system, land administration digitalization, e-government land systems, land registration digital technology, Lao PDR land digitalization, systematic land registration process, subsequent land administration services, land information technology, capacity assessment land administration, land administration system integration, national LIS development, digitalization recommendations land registration, land administration business processes, land system integration e-government, land administration capacity development, Lao PDR e-government strategies, land services digitalization, land registration recommendations Lao PDR, land governance digital transformation, e-government land integration, land information system capacity plan, Lao PDR digital technologies in land management, land process re-engineering

Central to the delivery of ELSRP, a key component will be a modern, effective, and cohesive land information system to register properties and transactions that, utilises the latest digital technologies; facilitates ease of processing; provides easy access to service channels and an enhanced customer experience; as well as complying with and integrating broader e-government strategies […]

Enhancing Renewable Energy Investments and Access to Land in Bangladesh

Bangladesh renewable energy, RE investments Bangladesh, solar energy Bangladesh, land access for renewable energy, utility scale solar Bangladesh, renewable energy capacity Bangladesh, solar park investments Bangladesh, land suitability for RE, energy site identification Bangladesh, land administration Bangladesh, solar energy development Bangladesh, land acquisition for RE, energy sector PPP Bangladesh, Build Operate Own PPPs, land records Bangladesh, energy land planning, energy development land issues, land identification for RE, multi-criteria decision-making tool, energy site feasibility Bangladesh, land repurposing for RE, coal power plant repurposing, RE land development Bangladesh, renewable energy transmission, land administration framework Bangladesh, renewable energy planning Bangladesh, geospatial analysis RE sites, solar park land allocation, renewable energy capacity development, solar energy project planning

Bangladesh has set ambitious plans and targets for renewable energy (RE), seeking to generate more than 2000 MW a year. Currently the country’s RE capacity is just 750 MW, and it largely stems from small solar home systems. Utility scale solar requires large amounts of land and acquiring or leasing large areas of land is […]

Transformative Land Investment

sustainable food systems, gender-sensitive land tenure, land tenure security, livelihoods and resilience, ecosystem health Ethiopia, Mozambique, Ghana, Laos, Myanmar, socially inclusive land tenure, food security women, agricultural value chains, forestry value chains, rural communities development, private sector agriculture investments, marginalized rural communities, indigenous women empowerment, TLI systems transformation, investor practices food systems, business ecosystem national, global development community, TLI enabling environments, capacity development Laos, Myanmar, TLI toolkit development, Laos enabling environment appraisals, civil society capacity building, BTL investor partnerships, Myanmar Laos partnerships, community of practice Laos, civil society partnerships, donor liaison Laos, RECOFTC, CIFOR project leadership, LEI project role, SNV support, ICRAF partnerships

The project seeks to promote a paradigmatic shift towards Transformative Land Investment (TLI). TLI helps countries advance on a multitude of food systems dimensions, as outlined in SDC’s Global Program on Food Security.

Development of ICT Strategy and Technical Quality Review of Lao LandReg

systematic land registration, Lao Land Registry, LLREG Laos, modernizing land services Laos, land information infrastructure, ICT in land management, land-based services Laos, tenure security Lao PDR, land registration efficiency, land transaction systems, land service delivery Laos, ICT deployment land sector, Laos land sector improvements, ICT strategy Laos, Lao PDR land services, LLREG functionality, LLREG audit, land registration software analysis, technical quality audit LLREG, ICT action plan Laos, business process review Laos, LADM compliance, data model land registration, land registry systems Laos, land software testing, sustainable ICT deployment Laos, Laos land administration, MONRE Laos, DoL Laos, Government of Laos land strategy, land management capacity, hardware and communication line improvements, land system modernization, institutional capacity development Laos, legal framework land registration

The overarching project objective is to accelerate and scale-up systematic land registration and modernize land services, which is predicated upon the application and deployment of information communication technology (ICT) to improve the land information infrastructure and enhance service delivery. The supporting Lao Land Registry (LLREG) aims to support property registration and a seamless operating environment […]

Vision & Feasibility Master Plan in support of the Higher Ground Initiative (Phases 1 and 2)

Higher Ground Initiative, HGI, managed migration Nauru, Island higher elevation, Topside Nauru, climate change vulnerability, economic development, natural environment protection, population health, prosperity Nauru, Phase I HGI, Phase II HGI, feasibility master plan, Government-owned site, Land Portion 230, land tenure challenges Nauru, land tenure reform, customary tenure practices, colonial history Nauru, social safeguarding, housing allocation, housing tenure arrangements, stakeholder engagement, tenure options, pro-poor housing Nauru, land transfers, conveyancing, regional case studies, land use planning, low-income housing access, absentee owners, land ownership fragmentation, land readjustment, building controls, Nauru government stakeholders, land tenure and land administration, social safeguards background, housing management, urban development, coastal vulnerability, critical infrastructure relocation, social safeguarding review, Nauruan socio-economic context, political viability, sustainable urban development.

In recognizing this need, the Higher Ground Initiative (HGI) has been established. HGI seeks a managed migration of people and infrastructure to the Island’s higher elevation inland, commonly known as ‘Topside’. As a generational undertaking, critical to the long-term survival of Nauru, HGI seeks to mobilize the country around a collective national vision that fundamentally […]

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