Linking land securisation and tax collection as a development tool : pilot experience in Madagascar
Razafindrakoto, Yolande et al.
The Malagasy land policy, adopted in 2005 had a major focus in the decentralization of land management and the ability for municipalities, through the creation of local land offices, to formalize land rights and to issue land certificates (e.g.Teyssier et al., 2009). Nowadays, the reform has seen major advances. About 450 local land offices have been created (www.observatoire-foncier.mg, November 2012). However, these local land offices have only received an average of 290 demands each, and issued an average of 160 certificates. The land policy initially serving the masses; and although improvement has been made compared to the single land tenure system based on land title, it is not enough (eg letter of Land Policy, 2005). Two reasons explain low uptake. Certification is on demand and not systematically done as it is the case in other countries (eg Deininger et al., 2008). Also, rural people ask for land certificates seasonally and mainly in the context of strong land insecurity (Burnod et al., 2012)
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2013
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