Keys to Successful Land Administration : Lessons Learned in 20 Years of ECA Land Projects

The World Bank has funded land reform, land administration, and land management projects in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region since the early 1990s. The region comprises the 15 countries of the former Soviet Union, the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and Turkey. Both...

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Main Author: Torhonen, Mika-Petteri
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24623
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spelling okr-10986-246232021-05-25T08:49:15Z Keys to Successful Land Administration : Lessons Learned in 20 Years of ECA Land Projects Torhonen, Mika-Petteri institutional reforms communities regulatory framework land transactions land market land reform villages urbanization land management The World Bank has funded land reform, land administration, and land management projects in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region since the early 1990s. The region comprises the 15 countries of the former Soviet Union, the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and Turkey. Both the privatization of land and property assets and their efficient management and mobilization in the credit markets have been at the center of the transitional reforms to date. During this period, the World Bank has funded 42 land projects in 24 ECA countries in support of the land and property sector. This publication presents lessons learned from the past 20 years of ECA land projects. The findings stem from: a review of 27 implementation completion reports (ICRs) presented in annex one; an earlier work on the outcomes of ECA land projects; a project impact questionnaire completed by 13 ECA countries presented in annex two; and an economic impact assessment of 13 ECA land registration projects presented in annex three. These lessons learned provide a repository of knowledge on successful land projects in the context of countries in transition. 2016-07-07T14:18:11Z 2016-07-07T14:18:11Z 2016-05-05 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24623 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Central Asia Eastern Europe Europe and Central Asia
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land transactions
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villages
urbanization
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land market
land reform
villages
urbanization
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Torhonen, Mika-Petteri
Keys to Successful Land Administration : Lessons Learned in 20 Years of ECA Land Projects
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description The World Bank has funded land reform, land administration, and land management projects in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region since the early 1990s. The region comprises the 15 countries of the former Soviet Union, the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and Turkey. Both the privatization of land and property assets and their efficient management and mobilization in the credit markets have been at the center of the transitional reforms to date. During this period, the World Bank has funded 42 land projects in 24 ECA countries in support of the land and property sector. This publication presents lessons learned from the past 20 years of ECA land projects. The findings stem from: a review of 27 implementation completion reports (ICRs) presented in annex one; an earlier work on the outcomes of ECA land projects; a project impact questionnaire completed by 13 ECA countries presented in annex two; and an economic impact assessment of 13 ECA land registration projects presented in annex three. These lessons learned provide a repository of knowledge on successful land projects in the context of countries in transition.
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author Torhonen, Mika-Petteri
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title Keys to Successful Land Administration : Lessons Learned in 20 Years of ECA Land Projects
title_short Keys to Successful Land Administration : Lessons Learned in 20 Years of ECA Land Projects
title_full Keys to Successful Land Administration : Lessons Learned in 20 Years of ECA Land Projects
title_fullStr Keys to Successful Land Administration : Lessons Learned in 20 Years of ECA Land Projects
title_full_unstemmed Keys to Successful Land Administration : Lessons Learned in 20 Years of ECA Land Projects
title_sort keys to successful land administration : lessons learned in 20 years of eca land projects
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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