Support to the Sierra Leone Land Agenda : Policy Note
Land administration in Sierra Leone is a complex issue. The current process of registration in Freetown is ineffective and disorganized, leading to a widening gap in the credibility of both the cadaster and registry. Surveying quality is inadequate...
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okr-10986-320222021-05-25T09:25:30Z Support to the Sierra Leone Land Agenda : Policy Note Ahene, Rexford Bagdonavicius, Arvydas Barra, Alvaro Federico Galpin, Claire LAND ADMINISTRATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY TAX LAND TENURE SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT GENDER EQUITY INSTITUTIONS CIVIL SOCIETY CUSTOMARY LAND RIGHTS Land administration in Sierra Leone is a complex issue. The current process of registration in Freetown is ineffective and disorganized, leading to a widening gap in the credibility of both the cadaster and registry. Surveying quality is inadequate due to lack of trained surveyors in modern electronic surveying and mapping techniques, and a shortage of equipment. Most of the confusion and contradictions dominating the typology of land issues in the provinces emanates from the general absence of well-established cadastral boundaries. The new national lands policy of Sierra Leone aspires to gradually formalize land transactions while respecting the customary systems. Mandatory land transaction recording and registration can be an effective step towards the implementation of land related policy. In parallel, communication and sensitization campaigns will be carried out to avoid situations where ignorance of the requirement to register land on a first served basis may violate the rights of genuine land owners because their land can be registered to somebody more familiar with the system. Government decentralization and empowerment of municipalities should improve the process efficiency. A Crucial requirement in order to build an effective and modern land administration and management system is to abandon the manual recording system and move towards a digital and computerized one. 2019-07-02T19:47:44Z 2019-07-02T19:47:44Z 2019-06-01 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/856111560491680914/Support-to-the-Sierra-Leone-Land-Agenda-Policy-Note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32022 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Africa Sierra Leone |
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LAND ADMINISTRATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY TAX LAND TENURE SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT GENDER EQUITY INSTITUTIONS CIVIL SOCIETY CUSTOMARY LAND RIGHTS |
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LAND ADMINISTRATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY TAX LAND TENURE SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT GENDER EQUITY INSTITUTIONS CIVIL SOCIETY CUSTOMARY LAND RIGHTS Ahene, Rexford Bagdonavicius, Arvydas Barra, Alvaro Federico Galpin, Claire Support to the Sierra Leone Land Agenda : Policy Note |
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Land administration in Sierra Leone is a
complex issue. The current process of registration in
Freetown is ineffective and disorganized, leading to a
widening gap in the credibility of both the cadaster and
registry. Surveying quality is inadequate due to lack of
trained surveyors in modern electronic surveying and mapping
techniques, and a shortage of equipment. Most of the
confusion and contradictions dominating the typology of land
issues in the provinces emanates from the general absence of
well-established cadastral boundaries. The new national
lands policy of Sierra Leone aspires to gradually formalize
land transactions while respecting the customary systems.
Mandatory land transaction recording and registration can be
an effective step towards the implementation of land related
policy. In parallel, communication and sensitization
campaigns will be carried out to avoid situations where
ignorance of the requirement to register land on a first
served basis may violate the rights of genuine land owners
because their land can be registered to somebody more
familiar with the system. Government decentralization and
empowerment of municipalities should improve the process
efficiency. A Crucial requirement in order to build an
effective and modern land administration and management
system is to abandon the manual recording system and move
towards a digital and computerized one. |
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Ahene, Rexford Bagdonavicius, Arvydas Barra, Alvaro Federico Galpin, Claire |
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Ahene, Rexford Bagdonavicius, Arvydas Barra, Alvaro Federico Galpin, Claire |
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Support to the Sierra Leone Land Agenda : Policy Note |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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