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Aug 28, 2024 · The World Bank Land Conference has catalyzed the global land community for over 20 years. The Conference is the premier global forum for the land sector, bringing together over 1,000 participants from governments, development partners, civil society, academia, and the private sector to showcase policy-relevant research, discuss technical issues and sector good practice, and inform our dialogue.
Apr 3, 2023 · Land and housing are the most important assets of the poor. Improving tenure security for both women and men can have a greater impact on household income, food security, and equity. With the majority of the world’s population lacking secure land and property rights, land is at the center of several development challenges. Climate change is ...
Land tenure. Measuring Individual Land Tenure Rights in the SDG Agenda. Land is a key economic resource inextricably linked to access to, use of and control over other economic and productive resources. Recognition of this has driven demand for strengthening tenure security for all, on an individual, sex-disaggregated level.
Sep 26, 2024 · The World Bank Land Conference 2024 took place May 13-17, 2024 at World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC and is the premier forum for the land sector, bringing together participants from governments, development partners, civil society, academia, and the private sector to showcase good practice, discuss issues, and inform evidence-based policy dialogue. As part of this event, the Research ...
The Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) is based on the key principle of a participatory process organized around a steering committee composed of local experts. The process is facilitated by a country coordinator who is a locally recognized and independent land expert with a broad network within and outside government.
This course is designed to assist policymakers and practitioners to understand the general concepts and empirical applications of Land pooling and land readjustment (LP/LR). Our goal is to assist participants, after taking this course, to perform the following tasks: 1. Identify what problems and under what circumstances they can apply LP/LR; 2.
Sep 24, 2013 · The Land Governance Assessment Framework uses 21 governance indicators to help policy makers evaluate and benchmark progress. The Bank has helped 20 countries complete the assessment, and some countries have begun to use it to monitor progress. Land rights and institutions are key to improving development outcomes.
Accessing land institutions is difficult and costly, undermining trust in their reliability and impartiality. Lack of documented rights, even if only for land use, impedes structural transformation by making land rental and insurance difficult, impedes women’s ability to enforce their rights, and leads to a proliferation of conflict. Tax ...
A new World Bank report “Securing Africa’s Land for Shared Prosperity,” released on July 22, argues that poor land governance – the manner in which land rights are defined and administered – may be the root of the problem. The report offers a series of 10 steps for improving land governance that can help to revolutionize agricultural production and end poverty in Africa. With ...
Oct 5, 2023 · For over two decades, the World Bank Land Conference has catalyzed the global land community. The Conference is the premier forum for the land sector, bringing together participants from governments, development partners, civil society, academia, and the private sector to showcase good practice, discuss issues, and inform evidence-based policy dialogue.
