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Agenda: Conference on Challenges for Land Policy and Administration

Sustainable Rural and Urban Development

Image for Challenges conferenceConference on Challenges for Land Policy and Administration
February 14-15, 2008
Washington, D.C.
 

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Agenda

Thursday, February 14        (MC13-121)

8.30 – 9.00  Opening remarks 
 Mark Cackler , World Bank, ARD
 Gershon Feder,  World Bank, DECRG   
 Clarissa Augustinus, GLTN & UN-Habitat
 Paul Munro-Faure, FAO
    
9.00 – 10.30Land Tenure Issues in Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation
 Chair: I. Lavadenz, World Bank, SDNVP
    
 Forest Tenure, Governance and Emerging Global Challenges
 A. White, A. Khare, A. Molnar, Rights and Resources Initiative
 Implications of the Climate Change Debate on Land Tenure in the Brazillion Amazon    
 P. Barreto, IMAZON 
 Carbon Finance and Natural Resource Tenure: The case of Indonesia
 M. Boccucci, World Bank, EASRE
    
 Discussants:  M. Kirk, Professor, University of Marburg
  F. Chaves, World Bank, Brazil country office
  R. Mearns, World Bank, SDV
    
11.00 – 12.30New Technology & ICT in Land Administration: Country Cases 
 Chair: J. Sanjak, MCC, and L. Guo, World Bank, EASRE
    
 Towards a System of Title Registration in Andhra Pradesh
 V. K. Agrawal, Commissioner of Survey, Settlement and Land Records
 K.C.M Kumar, Managing Director, Speck Systems Ltd, Hyderabad
 Land Administration System in Lithuania
 K. Sabaliauskas, Director General State Enterprise Center of Registers, Lithuania
 R. Kasperavicius, Deputy  Director General State Ent. Center of Registers, Lithuania
 Land Policy: The Turn Point to the Renovation in Vietnam 
 Dr. Vo, Former Vice Minister, MONRE  
 Mr. Doi, Deputy Director General & VLAP Team leader, MONRE
    
   Discussants:T. Do, World Bank, DECRG
    V. Stanley, World Bank, EASRD
  C. Lemmen, ITC
  
13.30 – 15.00New Approaches to Recording Land Rights in Rural and Urban Areas
 Chair: C. Augustinus, UN Habitat 
    
 Towards a Robust Social Tenure Domain Model
 C. Lemmen, ITC   
 Botswana's Experience on Recognizing Traditional Land Rights on a Large Scale 
 B. Nkwae, University of Botswana
 Implementing the 1997 Land Law of Mozambique: Progress on Some Fronts
 C. Tanner, FAO Mozambique
 Benin: Linking land rights to land use planning
 E. Djogbenou, Ministry of Lands Benin 
    
 Discussants:P. O’Connor, Director Pacific Land Project, AusAID
  L. Vignacq, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
  J. Lingham, DFID
    
15.30 – 17.00Land Administration in Post-disaster and –conflict environments
 Chair: I. Bannon, World Bank, AFTCS
    
 Addressing Land Issues After Natural Disasters: Case Study (Aceh Indonesia)
 D. Fitzpatrick, Australian National University
 Honduras: Lessons from Hurricane Mitch
 G. Barnes & J. Riverstone, University of Florida
 Land Policy Development in Post Conflict Sudan: Dealing with Delicate Balances in a Fluid Environment   
 P. de Wit, independent consultant 
    
 Discussants:R. Trenchard, Emergency Operation & Rehabilitation Div., FAO
  S. Friczka, UN-Habitat
  W. Odwango, World Bank, Uganda Country Office
  
17.00 – 18.30Land Reform and poverty reduction: Mechanisms and impact 
 Chair: S. Jorgenson, SDV
  
 Land reform in Brazil: The Credito Fundiario Program 
 R. C. Sobrinho, Department of Land Reform, Government of Brazil
 The Impact of Market-Assisted Land Reform: The Cedula da Terra Program
 C. Romano, University of Sao Paulo
 Impact Assessment of Land Reform in South Africa 
 T. Gwanya, Director General DLA, Government of South Africa
 M. Keswell, University of Stellenbosch
 Long-term Impacts of Land Reform: The case of West Bengal
 S. Jin, Michigan State University
  
 Discussants:  J.L. Laguna, Project Director Bolivia Land Access Project
  S. Schonberger, World Bank, EASRD
  F. Bresciani, World Bank, EASRE
  
Friday, February 15      (MC4-800) 
    
8.30 – 10.00Evaluating the Impact of Land-related Interventions 
 Chair: S. Fan, IFPRI
    
 Is land Titling in Sub-Saharan Africa Cost Effective?
 H. Jacoby, World Bank
 Decentralization of Land Management in Madagascar: Process, Innovations and Observation of the First Outcome  
 A. Teyssier, CIRAD 
 Assessing the Impact of Rural Land Titling in Peru: The Case of the PETT 
 R. Fort, GRADE Peru
 Rural Land-Certification in Ethiopia: Process, Initial Impact, and Implications for Other African Countries 
 D. Ayalew, World Bank
    
 Discussants:J. Sanjak, Senior Director, MCC

M. Valdivia, GRADE

    
10.30 – 12.00Land Issues in the Context of Rapid Structural Change
 Chair: M. Montoliu Munoz, FEU
    
 Emerging Land Markets in African Cities: Evidence&policy implications
 A.Durand-Lasserve, University of Paris
 Integrated Land Policy Reform in a Context of Rapid Urbanization: The case of China
 Li Guo and J. Lindsay, World Bank
 Towards a Title Registration System in Delhi: Why and How?
 C. Rabenhorst, Urban Institute
    
 Discussants:H. Selod, Paris School of Economics 
  R. Rajack, FEU
  E. Cook, World Bank, SASDA
    
12.45 – 14.15Emerging Legal and Policy Issues
 Chair: J. Lindsay, World Bank, LEGEN
    
 The Relevance of Islamic Land Law for Policy and Project Design
 S. Sait, University of East London
 Compulsory Acquisitions: Lessons from experience and emerging issues 
 P. Munro-Faure, FAO
 Ensuring Access to Land for Private Investors   
 P. McAuslan, Birbeck College University of London
 Legal Aid in the context of CDD projects: The AP example 
 R. Mitchell and R. Nielsen, RDI 
    
 Discussants:W.O. Larbi, Project Director, Ghana Land Project 
  V. Palmade, AFTFP
  
14.15 – 15.45 Good governance in land administration 
 Chair: C. Wallich, World Bank, SARVP
  
 Conceptual framework
 K. Deininger, World Bank, DECRG
 The case of Indonesia
 H. Soesangobeng, Independent Consultant
 Kyrgiz Republic case study
 A. Undeland, Independent Consultant
 Case study Peru
 V. Endo, Independent Consultant
  
 Discussants:O. Kaganova, Urban Institute 
  R. Birner, IFPRI
  A. Fuys, ILC
    
16.15 – 17.15Concluding Session: Emerging lessons and next steps
Chair, M. Cackler, World Bank, ARD
    
 Donor representatives 
 B. Moore, ILC
 L. Guo & K. Deininger, World Bank Land Thematic Group
 J. Voegele, World Bank, ARD 



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