Land Governance in South Africa

The land governance assessment framework (LGAF) is an innovative and participatory diagnostic tool that assesses the state of land governance in a country. The LGAF has optional modules for other topics such as large-scale land acquisition, forest...

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Main Author: Urban LandMark
Format: Report
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/748931504858433645/Land-governance-in-South-Africa-implementing-the-land-governance-assessment-framework
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spelling okr-10986-285242021-04-23T14:04:48Z Land Governance in South Africa Urban LandMark LAND GOVERNANCE LAND TENURE LAND USE PUBLIC LAND USE DISPUTE RESOLUTION The land governance assessment framework (LGAF) is an innovative and participatory diagnostic tool that assesses the state of land governance in a country. The LGAF has optional modules for other topics such as large-scale land acquisition, forest land, and regularization of rights in urban areas. In South Africa, large-scale land acquisition was selected as an additional thematic area, as was the case in Nigeria. A framework of approximately 21 land governance indicators guides the process in these thematic areas, each divided into three or four dimensions. In South Africa the LGAF process began in 2011. It was started by the World Bank and implemented by urban landmark. This booklet summarizes the results of the LGAF process in South Africa. Section one gives introduction. Section two contextualizes key issues around land, looking at the history, situation today, and the cadastral system. Section three provides a broad overview of where South Africa is doing well, and where not so well, in terms of land governance issues. Sections 4A to 4F present the LGAF findings for each of the six thematic areas, each starting with performance against the LGAF scorecard for that thematic area, and then discussing key issues. Section five summarizes the findings and main recommendations which emerged during the LGAF process in South Africa. Section six concludes this resource, and suggests some key areas for further examination. 2017-10-12T19:47:18Z 2017-10-12T19:47:18Z 2013 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/748931504858433645/Land-governance-in-South-Africa-implementing-the-land-governance-assessment-framework http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28524 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Rural Study Economic & Sector Work Africa South Africa
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topic LAND GOVERNANCE
LAND TENURE
LAND USE
PUBLIC LAND USE
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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LAND TENURE
LAND USE
PUBLIC LAND USE
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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Land Governance in South Africa
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South Africa
description The land governance assessment framework (LGAF) is an innovative and participatory diagnostic tool that assesses the state of land governance in a country. The LGAF has optional modules for other topics such as large-scale land acquisition, forest land, and regularization of rights in urban areas. In South Africa, large-scale land acquisition was selected as an additional thematic area, as was the case in Nigeria. A framework of approximately 21 land governance indicators guides the process in these thematic areas, each divided into three or four dimensions. In South Africa the LGAF process began in 2011. It was started by the World Bank and implemented by urban landmark. This booklet summarizes the results of the LGAF process in South Africa. Section one gives introduction. Section two contextualizes key issues around land, looking at the history, situation today, and the cadastral system. Section three provides a broad overview of where South Africa is doing well, and where not so well, in terms of land governance issues. Sections 4A to 4F present the LGAF findings for each of the six thematic areas, each starting with performance against the LGAF scorecard for that thematic area, and then discussing key issues. Section five summarizes the findings and main recommendations which emerged during the LGAF process in South Africa. Section six concludes this resource, and suggests some key areas for further examination.
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title Land Governance in South Africa
title_short Land Governance in South Africa
title_full Land Governance in South Africa
title_fullStr Land Governance in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Land Governance in South Africa
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publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/748931504858433645/Land-governance-in-South-Africa-implementing-the-land-governance-assessment-framework
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