The Land Governance Assessment
Framework : Identifying and Monitoring Good Practice in the
Land Sector

The Land Governance Assessment Framework : Identifying and Monitoring Good Practice in the Land Sector

Seventy-five percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most are involved in agriculture. In the 21st century, agriculture remains fundamental to economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability. The World Bank&#...

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Main Authors:	Deininger, Klaus, Selod, Harris, Burns, Anthony
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO LAND ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AQUACULTURE AUDITS AUTONOMY BETTERMENT LEVIES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL GAINS CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CITIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMON PROPERTY COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES COMPENSATION CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DEFORESTATION DEGRADATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES DEVOLUTION ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL BASIS ENTITLEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ETHNIC GROUPS EVASION EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FISCAL POLICY FISHERIES FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOREST FORESTRY FORESTS FUEL GLOBAL INTEREST HOUSING INCOME INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND OWNERSHIP LAND RESOURCES LAND RIGHTS LAND TAXATION LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LICENSES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL LEVEL MANDATES MARKET PRICES MIGRATION MUNICIPAL FINANCE MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES PARTNERSHIP PASTORALISTS PASTURE PASTURES PENALTIES POLICY DECISIONS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL POWER POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY TAX REVENUE PROPERTY TRANSFERS PROPERTY VALUES PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC LAND PUBLIC LANDS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROVISION PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC UTILITIES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE REVENUE MOBILIZATION REVENUE SOURCES ROADS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL LIVELIHOODS SETTLEMENTS SLUMS STATE LANDS STATE OWNERSHIP STREAMS SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TAX TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAXATION TIMBER TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN LAND MANAGEMENT URBAN PLANNING URBANIZATION WATERS
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Summary:	Seventy-five percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most are involved in agriculture. In the 21st century, agriculture remains fundamental to economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability. The World Bank's Agriculture and rural development publication series presents recent analyses of issues that affect the role of agriculture, including livestock, fisheries, and forestry, as a source of economic development, rural livelihoods, and environmental services. The series is intended for practical application, and hope that it will serve to inform public discussion, policy formulation, and development planning. Increased global demand for land because of higher and more volatile food prices, urbanization, and use of land for environmental services implies an increased need for well-designed land policies at the country level to ensure security of long-held rights, to facilitate land access, and to deal with externalities. Establishing the infrastructure necessary to proactively deal with these challenges can require large amounts of resources. Yet with land tenure deeply rooted in any country's history, a wide continuum of land rights, and vast differences in the level of socioeconomic development, the benefits to be expected and the challenges faced will vary across and even within countries, implying a need to adapt the nature and sequencing of reforms to country circumstances. Also, as reforms will take time to bear fruit and may be opposed by vested interests, there is a need to identify challenges and to reach consensus on how to address them in a way that allows objective monitoring of progress over time. Without this being done, the chances of making quick progress in addressing key land policy challenges are likely to be much reduced. The Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) is intended as a first step to help countries deal with these issues. It is a diagnostic tool that is to be implemented at the local level in a collaborative fashion, that addresses the need for guidance to diagnose and benchmark land governance, and that can help countries prioritize reforms and monitor progress over time.

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