Brazil Land Governance Assessment

This report on the assessment of land governance in Brazil summarizes and discusses the results of a series of standardized self-assessments of the land governance situation in Brazil, conducted entirely by Brazilian speakers. Therefore, these find...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	STATE LAW STATE CONSTITUTIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH URBANIZATION URBAN SERVICES URBAN GROWTH FOREST MANAGEMENT EXHIBITS SHELTER REDUCING EMISSIONS ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CARBON INCOME LAND TAXATION EXPECTATIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION PUBLIC SECTOR URBAN SETTLEMENTS ACCESS TO LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS EMPIRICAL BASIS FINANCIAL RESOURCES TIMBER TAX COLLECTION EMISSIONS URBAN GOVERNANCE PUBLIC SERVICES HOUSING REVENUES ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES MAYORS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS INCENTIVES CAPACITY BUILDING STATE OFFICIALS PROJECTS PRIVATE PROPERTY CITIES MUNICIPAL AGENCIES LAND TENURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES VACANT LAND AUDITS MUNICIPALITIES POVERTY REDUCTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SETTLEMENTS ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY COST EFFECTIVENESS PUBLIC POLICY FISCAL POLICIES STATES EXPLOITATION STATE OWNERSHIP PUBLIC INFORMATION COMMUNAL PROPERTY CAPITAL GAINS URBAN POLICIES POPULATION GROWTH STATE LANDS CONTRACTS METROPOLITAN AREAS EMPIRICAL INFORMATION OPTIONS EXTERNALITIES MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS DEBT RURAL PROPERTY LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGIONAL PLANNING INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS PUBLIC FINANCE CADASTERS FORESTRY LOCAL LEVEL BENEFIT ANALYSIS ENTERPRISES POLICY DECISIONS NATURAL RESOURCES LAND VALUE FINANCE EFFICIENCY GRANTS MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC TAXES LAND USE EFFECTIVE USE RESOURCES INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS EQUITY LAND SPECULATION MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION WAGES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROPERTY TAXES VALUES STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MARKET PRICES PARTICIPATION POLICY MAKERS CREDIT DEFORESTATION CPI DEMAND PUBLIC PROGRAMS REPORTS CHARGES URBAN AREAS EXPENDITURES PROPERTY LOGGING DECISION MAKING TAX RATES TRANSACTION COSTS ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS ECONOMIC SITUATION STATE LAWS ECONOMICS SECURITIES PUBLIC PROVISION COMMON PROPERTY TAX REVENUE GOVERNANCE CAPACITY TAXATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SLUMS PUBLIC RESOURCES TRADE PUBLIC AGENCIES LAND MUNICIPALITY STATE GOVERNMENTS LICENSES ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FARMS INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE MUNICIPAL LEVEL PASTURES FEES PROPERTY VALUES INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK PRODUCTION PATTERNS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INSTRUMENTS PROPERTY OWNERSHIP APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC GOOD LAND MANAGEMENT PRICES LAND SUPPLY NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES PUBLIC GOODS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/24996040/brazil-land-governance-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22679

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Summary:	This report on the assessment of land governance in Brazil summarizes and discusses the results of a series of standardized self-assessments of the land governance situation in Brazil, conducted entirely by Brazilian speakers. Therefore, these findings represent the perception of local experts based on their experience of news and data available. The main aim of this report are federal and state authorities directly involved in land governance in the evaluated states and other states. The general objective of the development of this assessment is to measure reliably the skills and the performance of land governance in a cross section of the country. This assessment is highly relevant and timely, as the land and real estate of natural resources linked to the land are the central core of the current competitiveness of Brazil and its strategically valuable position in the changing world economy. The evaluation methodology was the Assessment Framework of Land Governance (LGAF) developed by the World Bank. It focused on five key areas of good land governance and three additional topics. Key areas were: legal, institutional and associated policies to land rights; planning of land use and taxation; identification and ownership of land management of the state; provision of public land information; and dispute settlement. The optional modules used in some evaluations focused on the large-scale acquisition of land, forestry and the regularization of land tenure. Based on the LGAF in related workshops and review of some publications, the review has identified four areas of relative force on the Brazilian land governance. They include the guarantee of property rights, transparency in allocation of public land, public accessibility of information on registered land and transparency of increasing concern emerging from the influence of democratic and social movements. In addressing these and other areas of reform of land governance, the efforts of the newly created Inter-ministerial Working Group on Land Governance (IMWG) will be vital. That is particularly so because some of the reforms depend on the consistency of improving legal and institutional framework for land governance, which is necessarily a collaborative and cross-sector enterprise. This report therefore calls on the IMWG to join the Presidents Office to create an annual and transparent work program, for a period of at least three years with a regular mechanism of agreed reporting to the IMWG Office and Civil Office of the Presidency.

Brazil Land Governance Assessment

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