Improving Sustainability of Land Administration through Decentralized Service Provision : Evidence from Rwanda

Recognizing that the impressive gains from comprehensive land tenure regularization may be short-lived if subsequent transactions are not registered, Rwanda has deployed close to 400 Sector Land Managers (SLMs) throughout the country. Regressions u...

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Main Authors:	Ali, Daniel, Deininger, Klaus, Duponchel, Marguerite
Format:	Case Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	land management land administration environmental sustainability land transactions land tenure
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26558059/improving-sustainability-land-administration-through-decentralized-service-provision-evidence-rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24708

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spelling	okr-10986-247082021-05-25T10:54:40Z Improving Sustainability of Land Administration through Decentralized Service Provision : Evidence from Rwanda Ali, Daniel Deininger, Klaus Duponchel, Marguerite land management land administration environmental sustainability land transactions land tenure Recognizing that the impressive gains from comprehensive land tenure regularization may be short-lived if subsequent transactions are not registered, Rwanda has deployed close to 400 Sector Land Managers (SLMs) throughout the country. Regressions using LAIS data highlight that posting of SLMs increased levels of registered sales but not inheritance transactions and that, for agricultural land, having an SLM taken refresher training almost doubled this effect. A survey of all SLMs in April 2016 suggests that they are fully functional and in close contact with DLOs. More training (possibly via new channels), access to LAIS, and some office equipment (locking cabinets) could enhance performance. Time spent by SLMs on land administration, levels of transactions handled, and reasons for them to reject applications provide pointers for improvement. 2016-07-15T21:01:18Z 2016-07-15T21:01:18Z 2016-05-27 Case Study http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26558059/improving-sustainability-land-administration-through-decentralized-service-provision-evidence-rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24708 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Rwanda
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spellingShingle	land management land administration environmental sustainability land transactions land tenure Ali, Daniel Deininger, Klaus Duponchel, Marguerite Improving Sustainability of Land Administration through Decentralized Service Provision : Evidence from Rwanda
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description	Recognizing that the impressive gains from comprehensive land tenure regularization may be short-lived if subsequent transactions are not registered, Rwanda has deployed close to 400 Sector Land Managers (SLMs) throughout the country. Regressions using LAIS data highlight that posting of SLMs increased levels of registered sales but not inheritance transactions and that, for agricultural land, having an SLM taken refresher training almost doubled this effect. A survey of all SLMs in April 2016 suggests that they are fully functional and in close contact with DLOs. More training (possibly via new channels), access to LAIS, and some office equipment (locking cabinets) could enhance performance. Time spent by SLMs on land administration, levels of transactions handled, and reasons for them to reject applications provide pointers for improvement.
format	Case Study
author	Ali, Daniel Deininger, Klaus Duponchel, Marguerite
author_facet	Ali, Daniel Deininger, Klaus Duponchel, Marguerite
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title	Improving Sustainability of Land Administration through Decentralized Service Provision : Evidence from Rwanda
title_short	Improving Sustainability of Land Administration through Decentralized Service Provision : Evidence from Rwanda
title_full	Improving Sustainability of Land Administration through Decentralized Service Provision : Evidence from Rwanda
title_fullStr	Improving Sustainability of Land Administration through Decentralized Service Provision : Evidence from Rwanda
title_full_unstemmed	Improving Sustainability of Land Administration through Decentralized Service Provision : Evidence from Rwanda
title_sort	improving sustainability of land administration through decentralized service provision : evidence from rwanda
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26558059/improving-sustainability-land-administration-through-decentralized-service-provision-evidence-rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24708
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Improving Sustainability of Land Administration through Decentralized Service Provision : Evidence from Rwanda

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