Land Policies for Resilient and Equitable Growth in Africa (Flagship) Report Launch May 13, 2024
Venue: 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433
¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP¡¯s Development Research Group's research track for the Land Conference presented aspects of land governance and its links to shared economic growth, resilience, and poverty reduction.
For the full conference program with research papers and PPTs presented, please visit .
Below is a listing of recorded Land Conference Research Track sessions which took place in MC 13-121.
(Closing Session)
Read the English language version , and overview in French .
Land institutions and policies will be critical to help African countries respond to challenges of climate change, urban expansion, structural transformation, and gender equality. Together, they affect urban dwellers¡¯ ability to access productive jobs, live in decent housing, and breathe clean air; farmers¡¯ and women entrepreneurs¡¯ capacity to insure against shocks, increase productivity, and diversify income sources; and governments¡¯ ability to plan, tax property to provide services, and manage public land in a way that provides sustained local benefits by attracting investment, including via climate finance. Yet, many African land registries command little trust due to poor performance and wealth bias in service delivery.
Land Policies for Resilient and Equitable Growth in Africa draws on a wealth of data, examples, and studies from Africa and beyond to show that regulatory and institutional reforms can harness this potential by improving quality, coverage, usefulness, and sustainability of documented land rights. In doing so, these reforms create the informational foundation for sectoral policies to support job growth, structural transformation, and climate resilience.
Read about the key findings of the report in the blog post "" by Andrew Dabalen, Klaus Deininger, and Aparajita Goyal.
Report Launch Program Monday May 13, 3:30 - 5:00pm EDT
Opening Remarks Victoria Kwakwa, Regional Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa, World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP
Moderation & Concluding Remarks Indermit Gill, Chief Economist & Senior Vice President for Development Economics, World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP
Land Policies for Resilient & Equitable Growth in Africa Klaus Deininger, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP Aparajita Goyal, Lead Economist, Africa Region Chief Economist¡¯s Office, World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP
Land as an Enabler for Agenda 2063: The Africa Union¡¯s Land Governance Strategy Janet Edeme, Head, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa
Lessons from Rwanda¡¯s Land Tenure Regularization & RCMRD¡¯s Role in Mainstreaming Them Emmanuel Nkurunziza, Director Regional Center for Mapping and Resource Development, Nairobi
Improving Tax Administration at the City Level: Lessons from Dakar Serigne Fall, Direction G¨¦n¨¦rale des Imp?ts et Domaines du S¨¦n¨¦gal, Senegal
Opportunities to Increase Property Tax Revenues in Nigeria Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Nigeria
Decentralization, Digitization, & Customary Tenure Recognition: Malawi¡¯s Land Reform Agenda Devie Chilonga, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Lands, Malawi
Discussion ¨C Q&A
Des politiques fonci¨¨res pour une croissance r¨¦siliente et ¨¦quitable en Afrique
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Veuillez cliquer pour l'enregistrement avec traduction fran?aise (commence apr¨¨s 1.40 min)
Les institutions et les politiques fonci¨¨res transparentes seront essentielles pour aider les pays africains ¨¤ r¨¦pondre aux d¨¦fis du changement climatique, de l¡¯expansion urbaine, de la transformation structurelle et de l¡¯¨¦galit¨¦ des genres. Elles influenceront la capacit¨¦ des citadins ¨¤ acc¨¦der ¨¤ des emplois productifs, ¨¤ vivre dans des logements d¨¦cents et ¨¤ respirer de l¡¯air pur ; la capacit¨¦ des agriculteurs et des femmes entrepreneurs ¨¤ se pr¨¦munir contre les chocs, ¨¤ accro?tre leur productivit¨¦ et ¨¤ diversifier leurs sources de revenus ; et la capacit¨¦ des gouvernements ¨¤ planifier, ¨¤ taxer la propri¨¦t¨¦ pour fournir des services et ¨¤ g¨¦rer les terres domaniales afin d¡¯offrir des avantages locaux durables en attirant des investissements, notamment par le biais du financement de l¡¯action climatique.
Le rapport Des politiques fonci¨¨res pour une croissance r¨¦siliente et ¨¦quitable en Afrique s¡¯appuie sur une multitude de donn¨¦es, d¡¯exemples et d¡¯¨¦tudes provenant d¡¯Afrique et d¡¯ailleurs pour montrer que les r¨¦formes r¨¦glementaires et institutionnelles peuvent exploiter ce potentiel en am¨¦liorant la qualit¨¦, la couverture, l¡¯utilit¨¦ et la durabilit¨¦ des droits fonciers bien document¨¦s. En proposant des r¨¦formes viables et porteuses de transformations qui exploitent pleinement les opportunit¨¦s offertes par la technologie num¨¦rique, cet ouvrage fournit des orientations pratiques aux gouvernements qui d¨¦sirent am¨¦liorer le fonctionnement de leurs institutions fonci¨¨res. Il s¡¯adresse ¨¦galement aux partenaires qui appuient de telles r¨¦formes, ainsi qu¡¯aux responsables de l¡¯action publique, professionnels du secteur foncier, universitaires et membres de la soci¨¦t¨¦ civile d¨¦sireux de jeter les bases qui permettront ¨¤ l¡¯Afrique de mieux utiliser son potentiel ¨¦conomique, humain et ¨¦cologique.
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