Simplification of land tenure in Belarus : way to good land administration
Vaskovich, Marina
Last decade many various legal and administrative measures (including adoption of the new State registration Act as well as organisational reform) were undertaken by the Government to improve land administration in general and thereby to support the establishment of well operative property market in Belarus. Good land administration implies sound land tenure system, which in turn shall not be overcomplicated. This paper attempts to clarify the land tenure system in the Republic of Belarus through analyzing of existing property rights, particularly the ownership right, right of life heritable possession and the right of use (permanent and temporary). Each of them is described in detail and several differences are displayed. Moreover, the general overview of the whole land tenure system is presented. The paper considers the possibilities of its simplification by decreasing the number of applicable property rights and, therefore, conclusions for a simplified land tenure system for Belarus are outlined.
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