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Expert Meeting on Land Administration Systems- Priorities in The Third World

Expert Meeting on Land Administration Systems- Priorities in The Third World University of Melbourne 9 –11 November 2005. Ian Lloyd Director. Land Equity International. Priorities in Sustainable Outcomes: 1. Social Outcomes. Land tenure security and asset formation

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Expert Meeting on Land Administration Systems- Priorities in The Third World

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  1. Expert Meeting on Land Administration Systems- Priorities in The Third World University of Melbourne 9 –11 November 2005 Ian Lloyd Director Land Equity International

  2. Priorities in Sustainable Outcomes: 1. Social Outcomes • Land tenure security and asset formation • overlapping and fake titles • cost of titling and subsequent transactions (money and time) • people see value • parallel titling systems • public education and empowerment • dispute reduction (eg Laos) • Access to land and poverty reduction • LAS facilitating land reform in rural and urban settings • Housing

  3. Priorities in Sustainable Outcomes: 2. Financial Outcomes • Local Govt property based taxation • Property valuation base; completeness and market value • Equity in taxation • Confidence • Transaction related fees and taxes • land market movement and real prices • returns offset the costs of initial land titling infrastructure • justify further investment • Returns on the Govt Estate • market based sales and leases

  4. Priorities in Sustainable Outcomes: 3. Economic Outcomes • Efficient Land Markets • formal vs informal land market • contribution of property to national accounts • credit in urban and rural areas • national and overseas investment • transaction delays • tax rates

  5. Priorities in Sustainable Outcomes: 4. Institutional Outcomes • Efficiency • one cadastre maintained not three • cost of titling and subsequent transactions • parallel titling systems • appropriate technology • Policy and Legal Reform • Institutional Strengthening (leadership, capacity, transparency) and Good Governance • agencies of Government • professions and academe • civil society and business • politicians

  6. Reliable parcel descriptions and uniform mapping / charting (national co-ordinate system) Functional land transaction processing at accessible points (One Stop Shops) Responsive land records system Accelerated titling on whole of jurisdiction basis at acceptable unit cost to govt and agreeable price to beneficiaries Community mobilisation Institutional organisation for change (laws, regulations, new skills, new staff) and suitable reward systems Key Interventions Required to Address the Priority Outcomes 1 : (“The Crown Jewels”)

  7. Low tax on subsequent registrations to get people into the habit of registering all transactions Basic valuation system to encourage true declaration of price and for transaction taxes Collect and make land market information available (“informed markets are efficient markets”) Market based valuations for equity across property classes Cadastral map as a basis for real property taxation Post titling services for asset leverage Key Interventions Required to Address the Priority Outcomes 2 : (“The Crown Jewels”)

  8. Approach local ownership of change (govt, professions, academe, political level) tiers of govt stakeholder involvement and empowerment appreciation of the institutional cultures of the main agencies capacity building (education, training, research) in long term and short term to meet the needs (not for its own value) mainstreaming appropriate technology accountability (reporting, stakeholders) policy development responsive, engaging stakeholders and integrated with lessons from operations legal reform with political support Key Interventions Required to Address the Priority Outcomes 3 : (“The Crown Jewels”)

  9. Pace of Change in Land Administration in the Third World • Pace of Change is so important to successful interventions • Speed is relative • Lands agencies conservative

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