Conference Agenda

Using spatial data to assess the impact of land registration in Benin

David Daniel Koffi Tossou¹, Klaus Deininger², Ran Goldblatt³, Daniel Ayalew Ali²

¹Bureau Etudes ATLAS GIS, Benin; ²World Bank, United States of America; ³UC San Diego, United States of America

Using High-resolution Imagery to Improve Land Records in Indian States: Opportunities and Challenges

Shankar Nelamangala

DigitalGlobe, India

Does inclusion of large farms lead to a revision of the farm size-productivity relationship: Evidence from Ethiopia

Sinafikeh Gemessa¹, Daniel Ayalew Ali², Klaus Deininger²

¹‎University of Minnesota, United States of America; ²World Bank, United States of America

Quantifying Extent and Impact of Large Scale Land Transfers: Evidence from Malawi’s Estate Sector

Fang Xia¹, Klaus Deininger²

¹University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China, People's Republic of; ²The World Bank, USA

Assessing Urban Land Use in Ho Chi Minh City

Ran Goldblatt¹, Kiwako Sakamoto², Klaus Deininger²

¹UC San Diego, United States of America; ²The World Bank, United States of America

Using Drones for Mapping Zanzibar

Edward Anderson

World Bank group, Tanzania

Using Drones for Tenure Regularization and Urban Upgrading

Mamadou Baro¹, Birhane Wane²

¹University of Arizona, United States of America; ²Ministry of Housing, Urban Development, and Land-Use Management, Mauritania

The Sensors are Here! A High-Resolution Application on Understanding Individual Travel Patterns in African Cities

Nancy Lozano Gracia

World Bank, United States of America

Combining Taxi GPS Data and Open-Source Software for Evidence-Based Traffic Management and Planning

Holly Krambeck

The World Bank, United States of America

Using Remotely Sensed Land Use Data to Improve Public Sector Governance: The Example of Road Investments

Kai Kaiser

The World Bank, United States of America

Process and Content of Ukraine's Land Governance Monitoring and Its Relevance for Land Policy Reform

Maksym Martynyuk¹, Denys Nizalov², Denis Bashlyk³

¹Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukraine; ²University of Kent, United Kingdom; ³Stategeocadastre, Ukraine

Moving towards real-time land governance monitoring in a decentralized setting: Rwanda's experience

Nishimwe Marie Grace¹, Thierry Ngoga², Solomon Kyewalabye³

¹Rwanda Natural Resources Authority, Rwanda; ²LGAF, United Kingdom; ³Consultant, Uganda

Using Satellite imagery to improve revenue collection in Kigali

Daniel Ayalew Ali

World Bank, United States of America

The Economic Importance of Forests

Artur Cardoso de Lacerda

IADB, United States of America

Working Towards Secure Land Rights and Shared Value

Justine Sylvester

Village Focus International, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Enabling Indigenous People’s Engagment

Madhavi Pillai

The World Bank, United States of America

Forest-dependent Businesses Contribution to Forest Conservation

Rod Taylor

WRI, United States of America

Introductory Remarks

Maninder Gill

World Bank, United States of America

Strengthening Indigenous PeoplesParticipation in Peru using the DGM Approach

Stamatis Kotouzas

World Bank Group, United States of America

Presentation of Inspection Panel Case

Gonzalo Castro de la Mata

The World Bank, United States of America

Discussant

Anna Autio

The World Bank, United States of America

Closing Remarks

Luis Felipe Duchicela

World Bank, United States of America

The Power of Information: How Data on Changes in Forest Cover can Help Policy Makers, Civil Society, and the Private Sector

Matthew Hansen

University of Maryland, United States of America

Linking Land Use and Land Rights: How Brazil’s Environmental Registry Helps Advance Sustainable Land Management

Izabella Teixeira

Ministry of the Environment, Brazil

Harnessing Open Data to Drive Change: From Local Advocacy to Global Agreements

Andrew Steer

World Resources Institute, United States of America

Transparency International - Land Corruption in Africa - Finding Evidence, Triggering Change

Annette Maria Jaitner, Rute Caldeira

Transparency International Secretariat, Germany

Women, Land and Corruption in Ghana- Findings from a Baseline Survey

Eric Yeboah², Mary Awelana Addah¹, Michael Henchard Okai¹

¹Transparency International - Ghana Integrity Initiative, Ghana; ²Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technoogy

"The Impact Of Poor Land Governance In the Reduction Of Rural Poverty In Cameroon"

Nyassi Tchakounte Lucain

Transparency International Cameroon, Cameroon

Developing Land Information Management System (LIMS) for County Governments in Kenya.

Lizahmy Ntonjira

The Technical univesity of Kenya, Kenya

Public-Private Partnerships as a Tool to Promote Sustainable Land Administration: Cabo Verde as a Promising Candidate in a Development Context

Ian Rose¹, Richard Baldwin²

¹DAI, United Kingdom; ²DAI, United Kingdom

LRA's Geo-Spatial Systems and Databases

Robert Nomar Leyretana

Land Registration Authority, Philippines

Registry Cadastre Services Decentralization In The Property Management System In Honduras

Dilma Ortega, Roman Alvarez

Programa de Administración de Tierras de Honduras PATH, Honduras

More Revenue Mobilization by Strengthening Land Administration in Kampala

Jennifer Semakula Musisi

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Uganda

Drawing Lessons from the Brazil Slum Upgrading Program Minha Casa, Minha Vida

Ines Silva

The World Bank, United States of America

Role of Land Policy in Financing Johannesburg Urban Development

Yondela Silimela

City of Johannesburg, South Africa

Land Value Capture for Urban Revival: The Case of Shenzen

Yu-Hung Hong

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America

One Map Policies in Asia, with reference to Indonesia

Mika-Petteri Törhönen

The World Bank, United States of America

OneMap Myanmar – Enabling a Multi-stakeholders Environment for the Coproduction of Data, Information and Knowledge on Land

Joan Bastide¹, U Shwe Thein², Andreas Heinimann¹

¹Centre for Development and Environment - University of Bern; ²Land Core Group

Cross-Sectoral Information Integration and Sharing in an eGovernment Framework Supporting Integrated Land Development Planning

Michael Epprecht¹, Vong Nanhthavong¹, Cornelia Hett¹, Savanh Hanaphom³, Anongsone Phommachanh²

¹Centre for Development and Environmnet CDE, Office in the Lao People's Democratic Republic; ²Department of Land Administration, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Laos; ³Department of Planning and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Laos

Approach to Global Indicators

Augusto Lopez Claros

World Bank, United States of America

Expanding the Property Module in Doing Business

Rita Ramalho, Adrian Gonzalez

World Bank, United States of America

Next Phase for Enabling the Business of Agriculture

Federica Saliola

World Bank, United States of America

Piloting the Land Component in EBA

Klaus Deininger

World Bank, United States of America

Lessons from Investing in Land-based Commons by the French Technical Committee on Land Tenure and Development (CTFD)

Sigrid Aubert¹, Mathieu Boche²

¹CIRAD, France; ²French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France

The Commons in the Tonle Sap Flood Plain: Insights from community fisheries management

Jean-Christophe Diepart¹, Il Oeur², Marie Mellac³

¹Mekong Region Land Governance; ²Analyzing Development Issues Centre; ³French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) - UMR Passage

Uneasy Relationship between Co-management (involving state agents) and Commons Management

Sigrid Aubert

CIRAD, France

Benefits Derived from Official Recognition of the Commons by the State and Central Authorities

Saïd Mahamoudou¹, El Haj Faye², Dauod Abkula³

¹Comores; ²Senegal; ³Kenya

How Land Issues Will be Addressed in AUC’s 4-year Business Plan

Godfrey Bahiigwa

African Union Commission, Ethiopia

NEPAD’s Contribution to Implementing Evidence-driven Land Policy at Country Level

Estherine Lisinge Fotabong

NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, South Africa

Harnessing the Potential of Land Policy for Madagascar's Development

Narson Rafidimanana

Ministry of State for Presidential Projects, Country Planning and Equipment, Madagascar

Using Land Policy as an Engine for Rural Growth: Opportunities and Challenges for Implementing Malawi's Land Acts

Charles Msosa

Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Malawi

AFDB's contribution to addressing land issues in support of agricultural development

Issa Faye, Chiji Ojukwu, Rose Mwebaza

African Development Bank

New Opportunities to Access High Resolution Imagery for Affordable Cadastral Mapping

Kumar Navulur

DigitalGlobe, United States of America

How the Microsatellite Revolution can Help Developing Countries Achieve the SDGs

Andrew Zolli

Planet, Inc., United States of America

Supporting the EO r/evolution at scale - shifting the focus from data to services

Christoph Aubrecht^1,2

¹European Space Agency (ESA-ESRIN), Italy; ²The World Bank, United States of America

How the Bank can help its clients to better access and use spatial data

Keith Patrick Garrett

The World Bank, United States of America

What is Google Earth Engine?

Nicholas Clinton

Google, United States of America

Lessons from WDR 2017 on Producing Better Governance Outcomes: Commitment, Coordination and Cooperation

Edouard Al-Dahdah

World Bank, United States of America

Improving Land Administration for Good Governance: What Uganda can do to Achieve Complete Coverage

Betty Amongi

Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, -

Land as a Key for Better Governance and Economic Growth in Tanzania: Perspective and Recent Initiatives

Yamungu Kayandabila

Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, Tanzania

Leveraging Land Governance for Sustainable Urbanization: Improving the Quality of Land Administration

Mohamed Aly Bathily

Ministère des Domaines de l'Etat et des Affaires Foncières au Mali, Mali

Implementing Land and Cadaster Reforms in Colombia

Manuel Fernando Castro Quiroz

National Planning Department (DNP), Colombia

The global land rush 10 years on: Taking stock of commercial pressures on land

Lorenzo Cotula, Thierry Berger

IIED, United Kingdom

International Land Deals for Agriculture. Fresh insights from the Land Matrix: Analytical Report II

Kerstin Nolte¹, Wytske Chamberlain², Markus Giger³

¹GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany; ²University of Pretoria; ³University of Bern

Sustainable livelihoods in the global land rush? Archetypes of livelihood vulnerability and sustainability potentials

Christoph Oberlack, Laura Tejada, Peter Messerli, Stephan Rist, Markus Giger

University of Bern, Switzerland

From Supply-side to Demand-side Housing Subsidies in Argentina

Tomás Bibiloni

Ministry of the Interior, Public Works and Housing, Argentine Republic

From Conflict to Peace: Land and Housing Policies to Accompany the Peace Process in Colombia

Alejandro Quintero

Ministry of Housing / National Housing Fund, Colombia

From Opacity to Transparency: Rebuilding Trust in Housing Policies in Guatemala

Carlos Barillas

Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing, Guatemala

From Land Formalization to Affordable Housing: Redesigning Housing Policies in Peru

Carmen Cecilia Lecaros Vértiz

Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, Peru

Land and Resilient Housing Challenges in Paraguay

Maria Soledad Nunez Méndez

National Secretariat of Housing and Habitat, Paraguay

Vivienda Adecuada y Asequible - Aprendizajes de la Política Habitacional Chilena

Victor Cardenas

Housing and Urbanization Services

Housing Challenges in Mexico

Jorge Wolpert

CONAVI, Mexico

Building Resilience: One House at a Time

Alison Gajadhar

Ministry for Economic Development, Housing, Urban Renewal, Transport and Civil Aviation, Saint Lucia

Concluding Remarks

Maximo Torrero

The World Bank, United States of America

Fostering Dialogue and Understanding Through the 'Review of Land Administration: Regional and Global Perspectives'

Nicolás Nogueroles

IPRA-CINDER (International Property Registries Association), Spain

Social and Economic Benefits from Integrating Registry and Cadaster: Evidence from Administrative Data

Oscar Rodríguez Sánchez, Luis Jimenez Sancho

Land Registry, Costa Rica

How Administrative Data Can Inform Policy and Research: Evidence from Mexico

Maria Elena Garcia Flores

Federal Registry of Public Land, Mexico

Challenges and Potential for Assessing Progress in Colombia's Land Restitution Challenge: How the Registry Can Help

Jorge Enrique Velez

Land Regularization and Restituttion, Colombia

Discussant

Sultan Alakraf

Dubai Land Department, United Arab Emirates

Discussant

Alasdair Murray Lewis

HM Land Registry, United Kingdom

Assessing Company Progress with Implementing the New York Declaration on Forests

Jillian Gladstone

CDP North America, United States of America

Inclusive Business in Agriculture: Questions, Leverage Points and State of the Debate

Laura German

University of Georgia, United States of America

Territorial governance in the era of corporate commitments to sustainability: Are new approaches able to reconcile sustainable commodity supply and fair partnerships in Brazil and Indonesia?

Pablo Pacheco

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia

Commercial forest plantations in a landscape approach: The case of the Zambezia Landscape Program, Mozambique

Andre Aquino

World Bank, Mozambique

Using Satellite Data for Improved Urban Development

Thomas Haeusler, Sharon Gomez, Fabian Enßle

GAF AG, Germany

Cost Effective Building Capture at Continental Scale Using Satellite Imagery and Automatic Feature Extraction

Dan Paull, Martin Rose

PSMA Australia, Australia

Understanding the Urban Story using Earth Observation

Elke Kraetzschmar, Rainer Malmberg

IABG mbH, Germany

Exploiting Deep Learning and Volunteered Geographic Information for Large-Scale Building Mapping

Jiangye Yuan

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of America

Lessons Learned and Next Steps

Ana Revenga

The World Bank, United States of America