Conference Agenda

 

 

 

 

Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty

           

                                      ANNUAL WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY
                                                            APRIL 18 - 20, 2011
                                                             WASHINGTON, DC

                                                       CONFERENCE PROGRAM

 OPENING SESSION 
Preston Auditorium

18:00 – 19:30 pm

Chair: J. Lin, Sr. Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank

Theme 1: Governance  | Theme 2: Challenges  | Theme 3: Research

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Land policies in a volatile world: Challenges and opportunities for joint action
            N. Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director, World Bank
Brief remarks
          R.P. Tumusiime, Commissioner for Rural Economy & Agriculture, 
          African Union
          J. C. Restrepo, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,
          Government of Colombia
          T. Nxesi, Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform,
          Republic of South Africa
          A. Mueller, Assistant Director-General, FAO
          E. Postel, Assistant Administrator for Economic Growth, Agriculture and
          Trade, USAID

RECEPTION
 
THEMATIC SESSIONS

THEME 1: IMPROVING LAND GOVERNANCE AT COUNTRY LEVEL

GOV1: Towards an integrated land administration system in Ethiopia (abstracts)


            Tuesday, April 19th | 8:00 – 10:00 am | Preston Auditorium

Chair: K. Ohashi, World Bank Country Director for Ethiopia

Presentations:

Rural land administration systems in Ethiopia: The present and the future  
           T. Abza, Director, Ministry of Agriculture 

Impact of land certification program in rural Ethiopia 
           D. Ali, Economist, World Bank 
 
Urban land information system: The benefits and the strategies 
           N. Woldegebreal, Government of Ethiopia 

Household welfare effects of low-cost land certification in Ethiopia  
           S. Holden, Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas 

Discussants: 
           S. Bekure, Tetra Tech ARD Inc/USAID
           O. Kaganova, Urban Institute

GOV2: Addressing land governance challenges in India (abstracts)
           Tuesday, April 19th | 10:30 am – 12:30 pm | Preston Auditorium
Chair: T. Haque, Former Chairman CACP

Presentations: 
Back-office integration of land records in Karnataka: Accomplishments and lessons
           R. Chawla, Bhoomi and K.V. Rudresha, SSLR Bangalore

Urban property cards and beyond: The scope for PPPs to address critical land issues in India
           B.N. Devaiah, CEO, SECON Ltd, Bangalore

Land policy in the context of India’s development: Scenarios and policy issues 
           H. Binswanger-Mkhize, Professor, Tswane Inst. of Technology, Pretoria
                                                                                                          
Discussants:
           E. Stair, Commissioner of Lands, Jamaica
           S. Kumar, Rural Development Institute

GOV3: Addressing new challenges for land and resource governance in Brazil (abstracts)
           Tuesday, April 19th | 14:00 – 16:00 pm | Preston Auditorium

Chair: M. Lundell, Sector Leader, World Bank

Presentations:
Terra Legal: Brazil’s approach to land regularization in the Legal Amazon
            C. Guedes, Special Secretary, Ministry of Agrarian Development, Brazil

Sao Paulo’s Cidade Legal Program: Innovative ways of regularizing occupations and urban settlements  
            S. Figueiredo, Executive Secretary, Cidade Legal, Sao Paulo State 
            Housing Secretariat 

Can the private sector contribute to land tenure? Potential and limits
           A. Albuquerque, Founder, Terra Nova Regularizacoes Fundiarias, Ltda
                                                                                                          
Discussants:
            B. Reydon, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
            N. Bazoglu, UN-Habitat 

GOV4: Improving governance of rural and natural resources in China (abstracts)
           Tuesday, April 19th | 16:30 – 18:30 pm | Preston Auditorium

Chair: M. Lovei, Sector Manager EASER, World Bank

Presentations: 
Exploring integrated rural and urban development in China: The case of Chengdu
           G. Li, World Bank

Lessons from China’s forest tenure reform and implications for next steps 
           J. Xu, Professor, Beijing University

Land Rights at the Crossroads: Findings from a Nationwide Survey in Rural China 
           K. Zhu, Landesa 
           J. Riedinger, Michigan State University

Rural Land Registration & Certification Program: A Case Study in Modeling
           C. Barlow & P. Rabley, International Land Systems

Discussants: 
           S. Jin, Assistant Michigan State University
           L. Galliez, Conseil Superieur du Notariat, France

GOV5: Ghana: Land regularization at the interface between chief and individual (abstracts)
           Wednesday, April 20th | 8:00 – 9:30 am | Preston Auditorium 

Chair: I. Diwan, World Bank Country Director for Ghana

 Presentations:
Strengthening customary structures for good land governance: Dynamics of Customary Land Secretariats
           N. A. Yirrah, Executive Director, COLANDEF

Ghana’s LAP: Accomplishments, impacts, and the way ahead
          O. Larbi, CEO, Land Commissions, Government of the Republic of 
          Ghana

Contributions in the land sector through the Millennium Development Authority's agriculture project
           I. Karikari, Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) 
           K. Barthel, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)

Risks and impacts from land certification in Ghana: Initial evidence from an impact evaluation
           M. Goldstein, Senior Economist, World Bank 
           B. Allah-Mensah, Social Development Specialist, World Bank

Discussants:
           C. De Roy, Medeem
           S. Kolavalli, IFPRI Ghana
 
GOV6: Land tenure regularization in Rwanda: Approach, initial impacts & sustainability (abstracts)
           Wednesday, April 20th | 10:00 – 11:30 am | Preston Auditorium

Chair: C. Harelimana, DFID Rwanda, Kigali

Presentations:
Program design, implementation progress, sustainability, and initial impacts 
            E. Nkurunziza, Director General, National Land Centre, Kigali

The impacts of land tenure regularization: Evidence from a pilot intervention in Rwanda
            D. Ali, Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank

The role of civil society in formulation, implementation, and monitoring of land policies in Rwanda
            A. Kairaba, Director, Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development
            (RISD)

Discussants:
             K. de Zeeuw, Director, Kadaster
             A. Durand-Lasserve, Research Director, CNRS

GOV7: Monitoring land governance: Promising approaches and challenges ahead (abstracts)
           Wednesday, April 20th | 11:30 am – 13:00 pm | Preston Auditorium

Chair: P. Munro-Faure, FAO

Presentations:
The partnership for land governance: Experience thus far and challenges ahead
           M. McMillan & R. Meinzen-Dick, IFPRI 
           R. Birner, Professor, University of Hohenheim

Improving Land Governance in Africa: Role and Accomplishments of the AUC-ECA-AfDB Land Policy Initiative
           C. Ezigbalike, African Centre for Statistics, UN Economic Commission for Africa

Land governance and land tenure developments in the Arab region
           W. Zimmerman, Land Policy Adviser, GIZ

Multi-stakeholder efforts to monitor land governance: Lessons and next steps
            A. Mauro, International Land Coalition

Discussants:
            S. Al Langawi, Gulf Coordination Council (GCC), Bahrain
            J. Blok, EU Land Policy Group

GOV8: Roundtable on AU LPI implementation in the context of global processes

Wednesday, April 20th | 14:30 – 16:00 pm | Preston Auditorium

Moderator: J. Kagwanja, Program Officer, Policy and Partnerships, AGRA

Panelists:
            A. Mueller, Assistant Director General, FAO
            C. Ezigbalike, African Center for Statistics, UNECA 
            K. Brooks, Sector Manager, Africa Region, World Bank
            A. Kairaba, Director, Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development
            A. Gebre-Egziabher, Director, Global Division, UN-Habitat
 
THEME 2: CHALLENGES: LAND ACQUISITON, URBANIZATION, & CLIMATE CHANGE

CHA1: Addressing the Governance Challenge: Developing and Operationalizing the VGs and RAI (abstracts)
           Tuesday, April 19th | 8:00 – 10:00 am | MC 13-121
Chair:  G. Myers USAID, Chair CFS Working Group on Voluntary Guidelines for land governance

Presentations:
Addressing the governance challenge: Developing and operationalizing the VGs and RAI
            P. Munro-Faure, FAO

Towards responsible foreign direct investment in developing country agriculture
            D. Hallam, FAO

Discussant:
             W. Kiene, Chairman, Independent Compliance Review Panel, IADB
             C. Toulmin, Director IIED and HLTF

CHA2: Does smallholder farming have a future? (abstracts)
           Tuesday, April 19th | 10:30 am – 12:30 pm | MC 13-121

Chair: J. Howard, Deputy Coordinator for Development, Office of the  Coordinator, Feed the Future

Presentations:
AGRI-ENABLE: Altima Africa’s Smallholder Farming Initiative
            A. Selby, Altima Partners

Impacts and trade-Offs associated with large-scale land acquisition in the forest frontier
            L. German, CIFOR

Agrarian change below the radar screen: Farmland acquisitions by domestic investors in West Africa
            J. Nelen, SNV Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
            T. Hilhorst, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam

Can agricultural investments be structured to benefit local farmers?
             L. Cotula, IIED

Discussants:
             K. Boudreaux, Mercatus Centre, George Mason University
             A. Engel, GIZ

CHA3: Monitoring land acquisitions from different angles: Is there scope for collaboration? (abstracts)
          Tuesday, April 19th | 14:00 – 16:00 pm | MC 13-121

Chair:  M. Bapna, Executive Vice President, World Resource Institute

Presentations:
Overview of IFC’s performance standards and how they are implemented
           P. Miller, IFC

How can civil society monitor large land deals?
           D. Pruett, Oxfam Novib

An initiative for participatory monitoring of large scale acquisitions: Opportunities and results thus far
            M. Giger, University of Bern

Civil society responses to large-scale land acquisition: Community and collective rights
             E. Mwangi and H. Komarudin, CIFOR

Discussants:
             P. Kiriro, Eastern African Farmers Federation,
             M. Kaufmann, SDC

CHA4: What are the parameters for a fair deal? Evidence at global and local level (abstracts)
           Tuesday, April 19th | 16:30 – 18:30 pm | MC 13-121

Chair: J. Jallah, Vice Minister of Economy and Planning, Government of Liberia

Presentations:
Is there a way to determine ‘fair’ land values? Methodology and global evidence   
          G. Fischer, IIASA & M. Shah, Qatar National Food Security Agency

Linkages between investors and the local population: Evidence from the oil palm sector in Ghana 
          S. Väth & M. Kirk, University of Marburg

Assessing contractual arrangements for land acquisitions in Mali with special attention to water rights
           J. Baumgart, GIZ

Discussants:
            C. Graefen, Country Director, GTZ Namibia 
            C. Morden, IFAD

CHA5: Land tenure in the context of REDD+ and climate change (abstracts)
           Wednesday, April 20th | 8:00 – 9:30 am | MC 13-121

Chair: M. Bukuru, Chief of Office, United Nations Commission to Combat Desertification

Presentations:
Institutional and land tenure preconditions for REDD+ implementation
           W. Sunderlin, Principal Scientist Climate Change, CIFOR

Improved land use planning for economic growth and emission reduction
           F. Stolle, Project Manager,WRI

REDD and large scale acquisition of forest rights
            A. Karsenty, CIRAD

Discussants: 
            J. Hatcher, Rights and Resources Initiative 
            G. Köhlin, Gothenburg University

CHA6: Can funds and financial institutions promote good policy and land-based investment practice? (abstracts)
          Wednesday, April 20th | 10:00 – 11:30 am | MC 13-121

Chair: J.W. Fernandez, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Energy and Business, US Government
 
Presentations:
CSR at RaboFARM 
           S. Baecke, CEO, Rabo FARM

The business case and risks of land acquisition in Africa: A farm operators’ perspective 
            S. Payne, Emergent - EmVest

The potential for land Investment strategies 
             J. Minaya, Managing Director Global Private Markets, TIAA-CREF

The role of private capital in agriculture
             R. Barbieri, Portfolio Manager, Galtere Ltd.

Discussant:
             B. Schanzenbächer, Managing Partner, EBG Capital

CHA7: Addressing food security and land rights through multi-stakeholder initiatives: Lessons from commodity roundtables and multilateral approaches (abstracts)
           Wednesday, April 20th | 11:30 am – 13:00 pm | MC 13-121

Chair: C. Toulmin, Director IIED

Presentations:
The Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuel: Existing criteria and future plans
           B. Bramble, RSB Secretariat

Land planning in soy expansion areas - The RTRS approach
           J. Douglas, President, RTRS

Social sustainability and land rights in the FSC: Experience and potential lessons
           C. Brinkema, President, FSC US

Towards a global governance of food security and land issues
            S. Seam, French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

Discussants:
           R. de Man, Sustainable Business Development

CHA8: Roundtable: How can outcomes from agricultural & land related investment be improved?
           Wednesday, April 20th | 14:30 – 16:00 pm | MC 13-121

Moderator: Ambassador E. Cousin, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Agencies in Rome

Panelist Discussants:
            R. Kyte, Vice president CBAVP, IFC

            J. Bromley, Global Witness
            B. Schanzenbächer, Managing Partner, EBG Capital
            Mahendra Shah, Quatar National Food Security Agency & Global 
            Drylands Alliance
            P. Kiriro, Chair, Eastern African Farmers Federation
       
THEME 3: RESEARCH, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND NEW TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS

RES1: Assessing the costs and benefits of land administration interventions (abstracts)

          Tuesday, April 19th | 8:00 – 10:00 am | MC 4-800

Chair: H. Selod, World Bank

Presentations:
An impact evaluation of Rural Land Use Plans in Benin: Methodological and substantive lessons
            H. Selod & M. O’Sullivan, World Bank

Lessons learned about land impact evaluations
            J. Molyneaux, MCC
Ex ante evaluation of land projects: How to account for broader social benefits? 
            J. Sanjak, and K. Elbow MCC and B. Linkow USAID

Dealing with land in rural South Africa: New approaches and challenges
             M. Swartz, Deputy Director General, Department of Land Affairs,
             Government of South Africa

Discussants:
             T. Fella, Land Tenure and Conflict Specialist, USAID

RES2: Registering community rights: Legal issues, practical experience, and long-term challenges (abstracts)
           Tuesday, April 19th | 10:30 am – 12:30 pm | MC 4-800

Chair: F. Zenengeya, Permanent Secretary, Government of Malawi

Presentations:
Recognizing community rights in Africa
           R. Knight, Director Community Land Titling, IDLO
Integration of customary and modern land tenure systems in Botswana and Namibia
          T. Pickardt, Project Manager, GIZ

Creating a policy framework to effectively register villagers’ land rights: Experience from Benin
          J. Kougblenou, MCA Benin & W. Valletta, MCC

Establishing Communal Land Registration in Namibia
          M. Kasita, Deputy Director Land Boards, Government of Namibia

Discussants:
           F. van der Wal, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
           R. Gaynor, MCC

RES3: Dealing with land in conflict and disaster situations (abstracts)
           Tuesday, April 19th | 14:00 – 16:00 pm | MC 4-800

Chair: C. Biebesheimer, Chief Counsel, World Bank

Presentations:
Protection of Land and Patrimony of Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia: Lessons learned
          J.C. Restrepo, Minister of Agriculture, Colombia
          R. Sabogal, Project Director & Ivonne Moreno, Accion Social, Colombia
          Elena Correa, World Bank

The aftermath of advice: How do post-disaster land policies affect land market outcomes?
          R. Rajack, World Bank and K. Colopinto, Independent Consultant

Clarifying land rights in Eastern DRC post-conflict
          Oumar Sylla, Programme Manager, UN-Habitat

Developing land policy in a post-conflict environment: The case of Southern Sudan
           B. Deng, Legal Consultant & S. Lawry, Kennedy School

Discussants:
            C. Plançon, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
            P. Van der Auweraert, IOM

RES4: Addressing the urban challenge: Are there promising examples in Africa? (abstracts)
           Tuesday, April 19th | 16:30 – 18:30 pm | MC 4-800

Chair: R. Buckley, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation

Presentations:
Land policies, land markets and the urban poor: Promising changes and risks in sub-Saharan Africa
           A. Durand-Lasserve, Emeritus Research Director, National Centre of
           Scientific Research (CNRS)

Monitoring property markets in African cities: Potential and implications for policy
           M. Napier, Programme Director, Urban LandMark, South Africa

Regularizing informal settlements around African cities: Mechanisms and potential impact
           W. Valletta MCC & S. Dobrilovic, MCC

Strengthening land use regulations in urban areas: Experiences from the ProMaputo Project
            L. Nhaca & M. Vieira, Maputo Municipal Council

Discussants: 
            W. Cobbett, Manager, Cities Alliance 
            S. Friczka, Coordinator, UN-Habitat

RES5: Making land administration accessible (abstracts)
           Wednesday, April 20th | 8:00 – 9:30 am| MC 4-800

Chair: T. C. Hai, President, FIG

Presentations:
What is required to bring the social element into land administration? Moving from LADM to STDM
           C. Augustinus, UN Habitat & C. Lemmen, ITC

Open title: a model for low-cost, customizable land administration technology  
           N. Edmead, International Land Systems

Are there cost-effective options for decentralized land administration?
           A. Teyssier, World Bank

Discussants:
            T. Burns, Managing Director, Land Equity International
            K. Barthel, MCC

RES6: Building sustained capacity at national level: Technology and regulatory issues (abstracts)
            Wednesday, April 20th | 10:00 – 11:30 am | MC 4-800

Chair: O. Brandy, Chairman, Presidential Commission on Land, Government of Liberia

Presentations:
Towards a global partnership for capacity building in land administration
          S. Enemark, Professor, Aalborg University

Putting the elements together: Benefits from NSDI
           M. Cygan, ESRI

What is required to promote good land governance in the 21st century
           J. Espinoza, Program Manager, TU Munich

IALTA: An integrated approach to capacity building in the land sector
            L. Verstappen, Professor, IALTA and University of Groningen


RES7: Improving women’s land rights (abstracts)
           Wednesday, April 20th | 11:30 am – 13:00 pm | MC 4-800

Chair: J. Sanjak, MCC

Presentations:
Land titling in urban slums: The demand curve for property rights & the price of female empowerment
          J. Sandefur, Research Fellow, Center for Global Development & Oxford 
          University

Integrating gender issues into Bank land projects: The experience of South Asia
          K. Bell, World Bank

Empowering women through legal aid to self-help groups: AP’s experience and lessons for India
          T. Hanstad, President and CEO, Landesa

Discussants:
         J. Peterson, Chair, Huairou Commission
         J. Mirembe, Landesa

RES8: Roundtable: Building local capacity in the land sector: Needs and opportunities

          Wednesday, April 20th | 14:30 – 16:00 | MC 4-800

Moderator: G. Ingram, CEO and President, Lincoln Land Institute of Land Policy 

Panelists:
          C. Guedes, Special Secretary for Land Regularization for the Legal
          Amazon, Brazil
          V. Bocharov, Ministry of Economy, Russian Federation
         
CLOSING PLENARY:
          April 20 | 16:30 – 17:30 | Preston Auditorium

Chair and opening remarks:
Anne-Marie Leroy, Sr. Vice President and General Counsel, World Bank

Reflections on next steps
J. Kagwanja, Program Officer, Policy and Partnerships, AGRA
B. Schanzenbächer, Managing Partner, EBG Capital
A. Kairaba, International Land Coalition, Africa regional node
K. Deininger, World Bank

 

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