Towards sustainable land administration systems :designing for long - term value creation

Abstract

Many developing and transition countries have adjudicated or redesigned land registration and cadastral systems over the past two decades. The (re)establishment of the systems and the massive collection of information in the field is done in the form of projects, often (financially) supported by donors. However, to have a lasting effect on tenure security and especially on facilitating a land and credit market, the systems need to keep running after the donor has left. After an overview of the factors affecting the sustainability from both the clients’ and the state’ perspective, a new approach is suggested. This approach includes thinking through the business model of land administration and developing aligned strategies. Both are linked to understanding and applying the value chain of land information. We end with some concluding remarks.