Land Policies for Resilient and Equitable Growth in Africa

By: Klaus Deininger and Aparajita Goyal

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Synopsis: "African countries’ ability to create productive jobs and to effectively confront the challenges of climate change will depend on land policies that promote investment, market participation, and taxation of private land to be able to provide essential public goods and services. However, high cost of land registration together with unrealistic land use regulations and opaque public land management impede land and financial market functioning in much of Sub-Saharan Africa, undermining trust in the state, capacity for own source revenue generation, and agricultural intensification. This report discusses how African countries can take advantage of digital interoperability, remote sensing, and connectivity to reduce urban informality and improve the functioning of land and mortgage markets. This will strengthen the social contract, and provide growth-enhancing public services; recognize, demarcate, and register (digital) use rights to customary land to improve the functioning of rural factor markets; and sustainably manage public land in a way that is competitive and ensures continued provision of public goods to future generations."

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781464820250
Related ISBNs:: 9781464820243
Publisher:: World Bank Publications
Date of Addition:: 06/06/24
Copyrighted By:: The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Business and Finance
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.