The questionnaire module was designed jointly by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nation (UN) habitat, and the World Bank, as custodians, with input from global land indicators initiative (GLII), GLDW, and Landesa.
... See More + It is intended to collect the essential data required for computation of sustainable development goals (SDG) 1.4.2 and 5.a.1. The tool, which aims to address all needs of both indicators, includes only the truly essential questions for these SDGs. The module may be expanded by NSOs or other agencies. An expanded module will be designed and shared in a guidebook by the World Bank. The module in this report is one version of the essential module. This assumes proxy respondents and a full parcel roster. Additional versions will be designed for individual-level data collection efforts and for other types of household surveys with proxy respondents that are not parcel based (such as consumption and expenditure, housing surveys etc.).
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The paper delves into the implications of a failure to account for rental regulation in the measurement of households' welfare, poverty, and inequality when using household surveys.
... See More + Exploiting previously unavailable data for the Egyptian case, the paper illustrates the long-lasting distortions in the rental market that the 1977 rental law has created. The paper finds evidence that earlier studies may have substantially underestimated households’ welfare in urban areas and overestimated urban poverty. National poverty rates show smaller corrections, as poverty is mainly a rural phenomenon in the Arab Republic of Egypt. An appropriate measure of welfare also led to downward corrections in inequality in urban Egypt, while increasing the inequality across regions. These effects counterbalance each other and nationwide inequality estimates are affected only slightly.
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Policy Research Working Paper WPS8152 JUL 20, 2017
The objective of the Urban Development Project is to support Rwanda’s urbanization process by delivering basic services that will improve living conditions and promote local economic development.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: plots of land were measured by tape measure to determine the size. This will be done in the presence of the Displaced persons and the committee chosen to follow-up the asset inventory and valuation; houses were measured by tape measure, type and quantity of construction materials used on the houses will be determined, state of the structure also determined, all were done in the presence of the affected owner and valuation committee; crops valuation criteria based on area of coverage, in other cases number of standing crops and age; valuation is for annual crops since the seasonal crops shall be harvested by the time of project commencement. For those hiring or care taking for the actual land owner, compensation shall be written against those hiring or care taking of the land not to the land owners to avoid any misconduct by the land owners seize the compensation packages intended for those who hired the land; and all this data was entered into individual valuation field sheets for each plot of land and for each affected person. Each of these were verified by the valuation committee, verified by the affected person, who signed against the sheet. These sheets were signed off by the Cell and Sector authorities before they are sent to Muhanga District land commission for endorsement and for payment processing.
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Ratings for the Second Land Administration Project for Honduras were as follows: outcomes were satisfactory, risk to development outcome was significant, Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and Borrower performance was moderately satisfactory.
... See More + Some lessons learned included: a strategic approach with clear targets and goals is needed to support the land sector and land management along with their role in poverty reduction and socioeconomic development. Strong land institutions are needed for a strong land sector capable of supporting the socioeconomic agenda. Decentralization of land administration services needs to be adequately assessed.
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Implementation Completion and Results Report ICR3794 JUN 25, 2017
Ratings of Punjab Land Records Management and Information Systems Project for Pakistan were as follows: outcomes were satisfactory, risk to development outcome was low or negligible, Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and Borrower performance was moderately satisfactory.
... See More + Some of the lessons learned included: (i) Successful participation and communication strategies are impediment to major cultural and behavioral transformation; (ii) Technical innovation and candid analysis is fundamental to successfully develop a customized software adapted to local capacities and needs; (iii) The technical and social complexities inherent in land administration reform require a programmatic approach and design that is scalable; (iv) Political support to major transformational change depends on adequate strategies, the achievement of results and constant communication flows; and (v) Implementation in a limited geographical area provides important lessons and reduces transaction costs for country-wide replication.
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Implementation Completion and Results Report ICR3719 JUN 21, 2017
Ratings of Punjab Land Records Management and Information Systems Project for Pakistan were as follows: outcomes were satisfactory, risk to development outcome was low or negligible, Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and Borrower performance was moderately satisfactory.
... See More + Some of the lessons learned included: (i) Successful participation and communication strategies are impediment to major cultural and behavioral transformation; (ii) Technical innovation and candid analysis is fundamental to successfully develop a customized software adapted to local capacities and needs; (iii) The technical and social complexities inherent in land administration reform require a programmatic approach and design that is scalable; (iv) Political support to major transformational change depends on adequate strategies, the achievement of results and constant communication flows; and (v) Implementation in a limited geographical area provides important lessons and reduces transaction costs for country-wide replication.
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Implementation Completion and Results Report ICR3719 JUN 21, 2017
The housing deficit in Argentina is estimated to affect 6 million out of the 24 million households nationally. Macro-economic turmoil has contributed to this imbalance in two ways.
... See More + First, the continuous inflation and currency depreciation made real estate a refuge investment protecting the capital value of investors. Second, rapid inflation acts a strong deterrent to the provision of long term finance and in particular mortgages. The government overhauled the public housing assistance policy by launching a 2016-2019 integrated housing and habitat plan (plan integral de vivienda y habitat). This plan aims to stimulate the production, or to provide one million housing solutions through two programs: a neighborhood improvement program targeting informal settlements, and a credit-linked subsidy program, solucion casa propria, through which up-front subsidies are granted to first time home buyers who contract mortgages, thus leveraging the impact of public intervention with bank credit. The broad prohibition of indexation has for a long time stunted the provision of long term, finance. To successfully grow the mortgage market, banks need funding and tools to manage interest rate and liquidity risks - that is, in the absence of significant derivative markets, funding from the capital market. The eventual development of a mortgage bond market based on housing loan portfolios, will help to increase the supply of stable long term funding instruments.
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Working Paper 117110 JUN 01, 2017
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The objectives of the Additional Financing for the Second Land Administration Project for Nicaragua are: (a) to strengthen the property rights of the population in the Project area through improved regularization, titling, and registry services; and (b) to improve Nicaragua's capacity to respond promptly and effectively to an eligible emergency.
... See More + The AF focuses on: (i) expanding the Integrated Cadastre Registry Information System (SIICAR) in Managua and Estelí; (ii) scaling-up cadastral, titling, and regularization services; (iii) strengthening municipal cadastre capacity; and (iv) supporting land administration studies and Project management, monitoring and evaluation. The AF will use the existing implementation arrangements, with the exception of two of the co-executing agencies, the National Institute for Development Information (INIDE) and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA), given that their activities will be completed under the original credit. To allow sufficient time to complete all AF activities, the project’s closing date will be extended by 18 months, from December 31, 2018 to June 30, 2020. The original credit’s closing date will not be extended. Disbursement estimates, components, costs, and the implementation schedule have been revised to reflect the scale-up of activities and extension of the closing date. The results framework is also updated to reflect the expanded scope of investments and additional implementation time.
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The development objective of the Improving Access to Affordable Housing Project for Mexico is to increase access to affordable housing for low-income beneficiaries.
... See More + The project comprises of three components. The first component, acquisition of housing units will enhance access to housing by assisting low-income beneficiaries to purchase their first new or existing housing unit in eligible locations through the provision of direct supports. The second component, self- production of housing units will enhance access to housing by assisting low-income beneficiaries in the design and construction of their housing units through the provision of direct support. The third component, strengthening urban management will foster the development of affordable housing through the carrying out of: (a) technical and analytical studies to assist in the formulation and revision of selected municipal urban planning instruments including, inter alia: (i) housing demand diagnostics; (ii) infrastructure requirement analysis to inform master plans for urban renovation and or densification; (iii) technical-prefeasibility studies; (iv) architecture urban design studies; and (v) financial structuring for affordable housing investments; and (b) citizen awareness campaigns and other dissemination and communication activities.
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The development objective of the Improving Access to Affordable Housing Project for Mexico is to increase access to affordable housing for low-income beneficiaries.
... See More + The project comprises of three components. The first component, acquisition of housing units will enhance access to housing by assisting low-income beneficiaries to purchase their first new or existing housing unit in eligible locations through the provision of direct supports. The second component, self- production of housing units will enhance access to housing by assisting low-income beneficiaries in the design and construction of their housing units through the provision of direct support. The third component, strengthening urban management will foster the development of affordable housing through the carrying out of: (a) technical and analytical studies to assist in the formulation and revision of selected municipal urban planning instruments including, inter alia: (i) housing demand diagnostics; (ii) infrastructure requirement analysis to inform master plans for urban renovation and or densification; (iii) technical-prefeasibility studies; (iv) architecture urban design studies; and (v) financial structuring for affordable housing investments; and (b) citizen awareness campaigns and other dissemination and communication activities.
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This policy note assesses the performance of existing land administration and management (LAM) system in the Philippines in creating an environment for competitive cities.
... See More + It looks at the influence of LAM (including property rights) in the proper functioning of land markets in urban areas; the effectiveness of land use planning and regulations in shaping urban growth, reducing informality, and improving efficiency in use of space; and the impacts of property valuation and taxation practices in generating revenues to finance local development plans. LAM systems are a fundamental infrastructure for proper functioning of land markets. Well-functioning land markets facilitate investments and growth, improve land allocation, and develop financial markets. For land markets to work efficiently, they must be underpinned by land administration systems that define property rights; guarantee security of tenure; establish a mechanism for registering these rights within reasonable time and costs, and generate information to support property valuation and taxation. Well-defined property rights underpin security of transactions and investments in well-functioning land markets, as these reduce conflicts, decrease transaction costs, and provide incentives for the private sector to invest. Property valuation facilitates efficient disposal and proper compensation of land, equitable land and property taxation, and proper valuation of land as collateral assets. In addition, LAM systems are essential in land use planning that shapes urban growth, improves efficiencies in use and allocation of limited space, and in turn, enhances the performance of land markets. In metropolitan areas, coordinated land use planning is essential to achieve efficiency in service provision, enable connectivity and maximize the potential of agglomeration for city competitiveness. Effective land use planning enables timely provision of investments to influence the shape and pattern of land development. Well-functioning land market and efficient land use are important in creating sustainable and competitive cities.
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Economic development is concentrated in a few places. Only 1.5 percent of the world’s land is home to half of its production. Violence and economic isolation are closely linked.
... See More + Violence increases transactions costs, including through a weakening of institutions and the destruction of infrastructure, and thus the economic distance to markets. Lags in economic and social development are thus as much a consequence of violence as factors that contribute to it. The World Bank’s World Development Reports (WDR) on economic geography and conflict, security, and development provide policy frameworks for addressing development challenges in lagging and violent areas, respectively. This WDR provides a framework focused on restoring confidence and transforming institutions to deliver citizen security, justice, and jobs. Bringing these dimensions into account for policy design, and understanding the social and political stresses on lagging areas, can help improve stability and reduce disparities. This framework can provide a roadmap to bring development to lagging areas, and ensure that all lands are safe lands where people can prosper.
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Working Paper 119487 MAY 01, 2017
Baare,Anton Karel George; Damboeck,Johanna; D'Aoust,Olivia Severine; De Brular,Laura Lewis; Lozano Gracia,Nancy; Kostner,Markus; Lall,Somik V.; Roberts,Andrew JamesDisclosed
