Land is a complex issue to manage because it cuts across so many different elements of the sustainable development agenda. Throughout the discussion panelists emphasized the importance of securing land and property rights for improving food security, reducing forced displacement, protecting landscapes, reducing carbon emissions, and empowering women.
The panelists shared the view that a lot more needs to be done if we want to improve the security of land rights on a mass scale and achieve the land-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. It was noted that new technologies provide additional mechanisms for reaching these goals, but a thorough consideration to political economy issues is critical for success. South-South dialogues and a strong focus on capacity building were identified as key strategies to formulate simplified, innovative solutions, especially for Africa. While political will is essential, governments and the development community should partner more with the private sector in promoting awareness at the community level about the importance of secure land rights for development.
Finally, the panelists recognized that the World Bank is playing a critical role in promoting secure land rights and welcomed the proposal of creating a new global partnership – the Land 2030 Global Partnership. The Partnership seeks to raise the profile of land and poverty issues and give a boost to unblock land and property rights for the majority of the world’s population.
View tweets from the session below. Learn more about the World Bank's work on land here.
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Secure land rights MATTER. Improving them can lead to ↑ in household income, food security, & equity: https://t.co/WMy6oDSX9A #LandRights pic.twitter.com/3L1aXFn8WQ
— World Bank Cities (@WBG_Cities) April 22, 2017
We are talking #land2030 at @worldbank #springmeetings - an example from Indonesia: https://t.co/lrRGrG0ai9 via @WorldBankAsia
— Ede Ijjasz-Vásquez (@Ede_WBG) April 21, 2017
@LauraTuck_WB talking on #land2030. Only 30% of land rights are recorded worldwide!! #springmeetings @WorldBank pic.twitter.com/pShrHxJ1Y6
— Ede Ijjasz-Vásquez (@Ede_WBG) April 21, 2017
@cjochnick @Landesa_Global at #land2030 event: in > 90 countries legal/customary norms prevent women access to land pic.twitter.com/tUuZoPh0jC
— Ede Ijjasz-Vásquez (@Ede_WBG) April 21, 2017
Dr Sahar Nasr, #Egypt Minister of Int Cooperation @MIICEgypt speak abt issues we need to consider in order to achieve #land2030 @WBG_Cities pic.twitter.com/FEY8rBeYby
— Lois Goh (@loislamode) April 21, 2017
Minister Nasr from #egypt at #land2030 #springmeetings event: several reforms to ease land registration & reduce cost pic.twitter.com/qkZ8ZTTICL
— Ede Ijjasz-Vásquez (@Ede_WBG) April 21, 2017
Thomas Silberhorn fm Min of Cooperation Germany @ #land2030: land rights KEY for domestic resource mobilization pic.twitter.com/MQR4qilkge
— Ede Ijjasz-Vásquez (@Ede_WBG) April 21, 2017
@cjochnick from @Landesa_Global in our #springmeetings #land2030 event: we need land registration in SDG indicators. Well said!
— Ede Ijjasz-Vásquez (@Ede_WBG) April 21, 2017
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