Multi-donor efforts for improving land administration systems in developing countries : lessons learnt from the Cambodian land management and administration project (LMAP)

Anttonen, Jouni Johannes

The Land Management and Administration Project (LMAP, 2002-2009) was the first phase of a larger Land Administration, Management and Distribution Programme (LAMDP) to implement the 2001 Statement on Land Policy by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC). The overall goals of LMAP were to reduce poverty, promote social stability and stimulate economic development. The specific objectives of the project were to improve land tenure security and promote the development of efficient land markets. The multi-donor LMAP was supported financially by the World Bank (WB) for major investments and operating costs of land registration while the technical assistance (TA) and some financing were provided by the Governments of Finland and Germany and later also by the Government of Canada. Already years before the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, several donors designed and implemented together a land administration project where various donorss inputs were properly coordinated to avoid any overlapping and filling the gaps in the support to maximise the benefits and minimise the waste of the resources.

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