World Bank Publications
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Securing Africa's Land for Shared Prosperity
by Frank F. K. Byamugisha, The World Bank
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The book is
published by The World Bank and covers land administration and
reform in Sub-Saharan Africa. It provides simple practical steps
to turn the hugely controversial subject of "land grabs" into a
development opportunity by improving land governance to reduce
the risks of dispossessing poor landholders while ensuring
mutually beneficial investors' deals. This book shows how Sub
Saharan Africa can leverage its abundant and highly valuable
natural resources to eradicate poverty by improving land
governance through a ten point program to scale up policy
reforms and investments at a cost of USD 4.5 billion.
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This is the first book on land administration and reform in
Sub-Saharan Africa, and is highly relevant to all developing countries
around the world. It provides simple practical steps to turn the hugely
controversial subject of "land grabs” into a development opportunity by
improving land governance to reduce the risks of dispossessing poor
landholders while ensuring mutually beneficial investors’ deals. The
book shows how Sub Saharan Africa can leverage its abundant and highly
valuable natural resources to eradicate poverty by improving land
governance through a ten point program to scale up policy reforms and
investments at a cost of USD 4.5 billion.
The book points out formidable challenges to implementation including
high vulnerability to land grabbing and expropriation with poor
compensation as about 90 percent of rural lands in Sub Saharan Africa
are undocumented, but also timely opportunities since high commodity
prices and investor interest in large scale agriculture have increased
land values and returns to investing in land administration. It argues
that success in implementation will require participation of many
players including Pan-African organizations, Sub Saharan Africa
governments, the private sector, civil society and development partners;
but that ultimate success will depend on the political will of Sub
Saharan Africa governments to move forward with comprehensive policy
reforms and on concerted support by the international development
community.
Its rigorous analysis of land governance issues, yet down-to-earth
solutions, are a reflection of Byamugisha's more than 20 years of global
experience in land reform and administration especially in Asia and
Africa. This volume will be of great interest to and relevant for a wide
audience interested in African development, global studies in land, and
natural resource management.
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