Costs in community land delimitation: sustainability, innovation and shared responsibilities for an inclusive and effective land administration system in Mozambique

José Monteiro, Emídio Oliveira, António Inguane

This paper intends to bring information and present a detailed description of community land delimitation costs through the perspective of the Community Land initiative (iTC) in Mozambique, based on information gathered between 2014 and 2017, as well as analysing the sources of costs, and how it can lead to a more proactive, sustainable, innovative and inclusive land administration system. Additionally, the paper addresses delimitation as part of the land administration system, and discusses the opportunities to share responsibilities between the different stakeholders, on delivering community land delimitation, aiming to secure community land rights while promoting sustainable rural development in Mozambique. The discussion is also focus on alternative options for cost distribution, considering fit-for-purpose approaches, on capacity and infrastructure development, as discussed by Enemark et al. (2015), without losing the grip on current economic, social and environmental context.

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

Document type:Costs in community land delimitation: sustainability, innovation and shared responsibilities for an inclusive and effective land administration system in Mozambique (4950 kB - pdf)