Securing Africa's Land for Shared Prosperity : A Program to Scale Up Reforms and Investments.
Title:
Securing Africa's Land for Shared Prosperity : A Program to Scale Up Reforms and Investments.
Author:
Byamugisha, Frank F. K.
ISBN:
9780821398111
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (231 pages)
Series:
Africa Development Forum
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- The Challenge -- The Opportunities -- The Key to Leveraging Land for Development: Scaling Up Reforms and Investments -- Who Does What to Scale Up? -- Benefits of Scaling Up Comprehensive Reforms and Investments -- Note -- References -- 1 Introduction -- The Historical Context -- Global Experiences and the Piloting of Innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Readiness to Scale Up to Meet Demand -- Objectives and Structure of the Book -- Note -- References -- 2 The Impact of Documenting Land Rights on Investment and Productivity -- Experiences with Registration of Communal Land Rights -- Experience with Systematic Registration of Individual Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Impacts of Land Rights Documentation on Agricultural Investments and Productivity -- Notes -- References -- 3 Land Reforms for Reducing Poverty in Rural and Urban Areas -- Experiences with Redistributing Agricultural Land -- Experiences with Regularizing Land Tenure in Urban Informal Settlements -- Reforming Land Rental Markets to Provide Land Access to the Poor and Promote Transformational Growth -- Land Reforms and Interventions Promoting Gender Equity -- Notes -- References -- 4 Land Administration for Good Governance and Conflict Management -- Managing Conflict by Building Competent and Impartial Institutions for Resolving Land Disputes -- Strengthening Governance and Property Rights by Improving Land Acquisition Laws and Procedures -- Strengthening Management of Public Land and Reducing Corruption by Creating Inventories of Government Land -- Grappling with Governance Issues Associated with Converting Rural to Urban Land Use -- Managing Conflict by Developing Land Administration in PostConflict States -- Note -- References.
5 Modernizing Infrastructure and Selecting Appropriate and Affordable Technologies for Surveying and Mapping -- Inadequate and Inappropriate Past Investments in Surveying and Mapping -- The Need for Technical and Economic Appraisal of Technologies -- Modernizing Geodetic Reference Frames -- Modernizing the Production of Base Maps and Other Spatial Data -- Cadastral Surveying and Mapping -- Notes -- References -- 6 Modernizing Systems and Developing Capacities -- Developing Computerized Land Information Systems -- Developing National Spatial Data Infrastructure -- Decentralizing Land Administration to Empower Local Communities and Traditional Authorities -- Strengthening Valuation Functions and Land Tax Policies to Raise Revenue Efficiently and Fairly for Cost Recovery and Decentralized Governance -- Strengthening Land Use Planning and Regulations for Sustainable Development -- Reforming Institutions and Developing Capacity for Land Administration -- Notes -- References -- 7 Implications for Scaling Up Land Administration and Reforms -- The Role of Pan-African Organizations -- The Role of African Governments -- The Role of the Private Sector and Civil Society -- The Role of Development Partners -- Dimensions of Scaling Up: What, How, and at What Cost? -- Country-Specific Opportunities for Scaling Up -- Benefits of the Scaling-Up Program -- Comparing the Benefits to the Costs of the Scaling-Up Program -- Notes -- References -- Glossary -- Note -- References -- Index -- Boxes -- Figure -- Tables -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
This is the first book on land administration and reform in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is highly relevant to all developing countries around the world. It provides simple practical steps to turn the hugely controversial subject of "land grabs" into a development opportunity by improving land governance to reduce the risks of dispossessing poor landholders while ensuring mutually beneficial investors' deals. The book shows how Sub Saharan Africa can leverage its abundant and highly valuable natural resources to eradicate poverty by improving land governance through a ten point program to scale up policy reforms and investments at a cost of USD 4.5 billion. The book points out formidable challenges to implementation including high vulnerability to land grabbing and expropriation with poor compensation as about 90 percent of rural lands in Sub Saharan Africa are undocumented, but also timely opportunities since high commodity prices and investor interest in large scale agriculture have increased land values and returns to investing in land administration.It argues that success in implementation will require participation of many players including Pan-African organizations, Sub Saharan Africa governments, the private sector, civil society and development partners; but that ultimate success will depend on the political will of Sub Saharan Africa governments to move forward with comprehensive policy reforms and on concerted support by the international development community.Its rigorous analysis of land governance issues, yet down-to-earth solutions, are a reflection of Byamugisha's more than 20 years of global experience in land reform and administration especially in Asia and Africa. This volume will be of great interest to and relevant for a wide audience interested in African development, global studies in land, and natural resource management.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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