TY - BOOK AU - Farvacque, Catherine AU - McAuslan, Patrick TI - Reforming urban land policies and institutions in developing countries SN - 0821320920 U1 - 333.73091724 PY - 1992/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - World Bank International Bank for Reconstruction & Devep. KW - KW - Planning KW - Land use -- Government policy -- Developing countries KW - Land tenure -- Developing countries KW - Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Developing countries KW - City planning -- Developing countries KW - Human settlements -- Developing countries KW - Utilisation du sol -- Politique gouvernementale -- Pays en voie de de�veloppement KW - Proprie�te� foncie`re -- Pays en voie de de�veloppement KW - Titres de proprie�te� -- Immatriculation et transfert -- Pays en voie de de�veloppement KW - Urbanisme -- Pays en voie de de�veloppement KW - E�tablissements humains -- Pays en voie de de�veloppement KW - 83.63 environmental economics KW - Land use -- Government policy KW - Developing countries KW - Landgebruik KW - Hervormingen KW - Overheidsbeleid KW - Steden KW - Urban Management Programme KW - URBAN LAND POLICY KW - URBAN MANAGEMENT KW - LAND USE KW - PROPERTY RIGHTS KW - DEVELOPING COUNTRIES KW - Architecture and solar radiation KW - Interior lighting N1 - Contents Introduction 1 Land Markets: What are the Rules of the Game? 1 What Works and What Doesn't 1 The Political Dimension 2 Scope and Objectives of The Report 4 Targeted Audience 4 Structure of the Report 5 How Does the Formal System Work? 5 Why Is It Not Working? 5 What can be Done to Improve the Exixting Situation 5 II. The Formal Path: An Often Long and Confusing Journey Toward Legal Status 6 Access to Land 6 Getting Through the Land Registration Process 11 Getting Through the Land Development Process 12 III. What is Blocking the Land Management Process: The Governance of Land and the Gatekeepers 17 The Governance of Land 17 The Law 17 What is Wrong With the Existing Legal System in Developing Countries? 17 Who Gains and Who Loses From Such a Situation? 18 The Gatekeepers of the System: Issues and Trends 19 Central Government Bodies 19 Local Governments 22 Urban Development Authorities 24 Land Administration Agencies 27 Traditional Authorities 28 Private Consumers' Organizations: A Look at NGOs and Cooperatives 29 Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) 30 Cooperatives 33 IV. What is Blocking the Land Management Process: A Look at Policy Instruments 36 Property Rights 36 Forms of Land Tenure and Their Characteristics 37 Statutory Systems 37 Diversions from the Statutory Systems: The Many Shades of Informality A Third Set of Tenure Systems: The Survival of Customary Systems 43 Policy Issues Related to Tenure 46 Freehold v. Leasehold 46 Landlord−Tenant Relations 50 Restrictions on Transactions 52 Techniques of Tenure Reform 54 Registration of Transactions and Titles 55 What is Land Registration? 55 Why is Registration Important? 57 Costs and Benefits of Registration 57 Registration for Whose Benefit? 57 Registration, Security of Tenure, and Resolution of Disputes 57 Registration and Revenue−Raising 58 What Hampers the Reform of Registration Systems in Developing Countries? 59 Institutional Problems 59 Technical Problems 61 Financial Problems 62 Motivation Problems 62 Land−Use Regulatory Framework 63 Impact of These Constraints on the Land Markets 65 Supply of Land 65 Costs of Development 66 The Way Forward 67 Is Deregulation the Way to Go? 68 What Should be the Role of the Planner? 69 Direct Public Interventions in the Acquisition of Land 70 Nationalization of Land 70 Compulsory Acquisition/Eminent Domain 72 What is the Purpose of Compulsory Acquisition 74 Land Banking 74 Clearance and Redevelopment/Resettlement 76 Land Readjustment 79 The Way Forward 80 Winners and Losers V. The Path of Reform 83 Priorities and Principles 87 The Basic Issues in Urban Land Management 87 Strategies for Action 88 Equity 88 Efficiency 89 Flexibility 90 Participation 90 Framework for Reforms 91 Institutional Reforms 91 Administrative Institutions 91 Activities 91 Legal Institutions 93 Activities 93 Institutions of the Private Sector 95 Activities 95 Reforms of Instruments 96 Land Tenure 96 Activities 97 Registration 99 Activities 99 Land−Use Regulations 101 Activities 101 Public Intervention 103 Activities 103 Expected Results and Beneficiaries 105 Bibliography 107 Figures Figure 2.1. Steps in the Acquisition of State Lands in Ghana 7 Figure 2.2. The Process of Preparing a Stool Land Lease in Kumasi, Ghana, Stage 1: Allocation 9 Figure 2.3. The Process of Preparing a Stool Land Lease in Kumasi, Ghana, Stage 2: Lease Preparation 10 Figure 2.4. Building Approval Process: Malaysia 14 Figure 2.5. Algeria Subdivision Approval 15 Figure 2.6. Algeria Building Permit Approval 16 Figure 3.1. Organization of Land Administration: Central Government of Indonesia 21 Boxes Box 3.1 Institutional Arrangements for Land Management in Penang 20 Box 3.2 UDA: The Case of Lahore 25 Box 4.1 Madagascar: An Illustration of the Many Shades of Informality 40 Box 4.2 Invasions of Urban Land: The Case of Venezuela 42 Box 4.3 Urban Land Tenure Reform in the Peoples Republic of China 49 Box 4.4 Zanzibar 60 Box 4.5 Private Sector Land Registration in Brazil 61 Box 4.6 Malawi: From Deeds Registration to Title Registration 62 Box 4.7 Land Use Regulatory Framework: Some Definitions 64 Box 4.8 Land Development in Indonesia 67 Box 4.9 Korean Land Development Corporation 75 Box 4.10 Resettlement in Abuja, Nigeria 77 Box 4.11 Resettlement in Emmerton, Barbados 78 Box 4.12 Compensations Provisions in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project 82 ER -