What should we do with Land Administration Data?
Jan Moerkerke
Privatisation of Land Registries is a hot topic right now, certainly in countries where a Torrens – title System is used, we see very recently several examples. Ontario in Canada recently granted a concession for 50 years to a private company for the exploitation of the Land registry. In Manitoba the same company got a concession for 30 years. In South - Australia 1,6 $ billion was paid for a concession, in New South Wales it was 2,6$ billion. In Adelaïde an innovation hub is to be installed by the concession holder with an estimated cost of 35$ billion. In Great Britain there was an intention to privatise the services, but this decision has been delayed. 1£ billion was the estimated value of the contract. Government was decided to do so, but a strong bottom-up resistance made it stop, at least for the moment. Even action groups were set up. It all was part of a bigger movement against privatisation of all sorts of public services.
Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018
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