Land administration infrastructure: theother side of the coin

Abstract

There is a great amount of effort worldwide to understand the problems of shelter, access toland and security of tenure for the urban poor, but very little attention to the mechanics ofpolicy implementation. In other words there is little attention to the practical or"engineering" side of designing, building and managing land administration infrastructureswhich facilitate shelter, security of tenure and access to land for the urban poor- in otherwords "the other side of the coin".In considering the mechanics of policy implementation, this paper reviews thedimensions of land administration, the concept of a land administration "tool box", aholistic approach to developing land administration infrastructures in developing countries,and finally the critical component of capacity building.For a more detailed investigation of this subject see the paper by the author titled"Land Administration Best Practice - providing the infrastructure for land policyimplementation".