An assessment of PPPS in land administration: Development of a set of guiding principles for effective PPP implementation

John Meadows, Kate Fairlie, Tony Burns, Daniel Paez,

Land administration is considered by many to be a critical foundation to urban sustainability, providing the basis for tenure security, efficient urban planning, access to formal credit, provision of public services and physical infrastructure, and reduction of land related disputes. With an estimated 70% of people-land relationships in the developing world undocumented there is a renewed push from the World Bank, amongst others, to re-engage with public-private partnerships (PPPs) as a means to moving towards / achieving comprehensive land registration and administration. Engagement of the private sector, including through PPPs, is seen as an essential component to achieving comprehensive land administration systems and global tenure security. This paper proposes an analysis of PPPs that presently exist in the land administration domain, presenting clear entry points for developing nations based upon past experiences and emerging trends in the use of PPPs for land administration.

Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018

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