Creation and maintenance of the cadastre World Bank financing for the future

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Creation and maintenance of the cadastre World
Bank financing for the future

• UNECE WPLA Workshop on
• Experiences with Data Management to Improve
• Land Administration in ECE Countries
• Sofia, Bulgaria
• April 2009

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World Bank financing

• 37 Projects since 1995 worth US1.03 bn in most
  countries in the region.
• These funds have augmented government programs
  and assistance from bilateral donors.
• In a region that has seen a greater level of land
  and property redistribution than has been
  experienced anywhere else in history.

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Project Objectives

• The objective of these projects and reforms was
  to rebuild the systems of secure real estate
  tenure by developing good systems of real estate
  registration and cadastre.
• An essential foundation for a functioning market
  economy where the property assets of all players
  are secure.
• Why It is estimated that real estate markets
  may contribute up to 25 of GDP in a developed
  country, and that the share of global capital
  stock represented by real estate is about two
  thirds.

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Land Administration Projects in ECA

• Establish/update cadastres and property registers
• Systematic cadastre and registration of property
  rights
• Improve efficiency of registration and customer
  service (automation and IT development, service
  standards, sustainability)
• Legal Aid (for land and property rights).
• Public awareness and building linkages with other
  real estate market actors (banks, notaries,
  realtors)

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Systematic Cadastre

• Cadastre records became out of date and out of
  synch with ownership records and with the real
  situation on the ground
• Systematic cadastre included in most WB financed
  projects along with adjudication and registration
• A third of total project costs
• Costs from less than 10/parcel to more than
  100/parcel depends on accuracy requirements
  and methods used.

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Does cost matter?

• The key is to find a balance between acceptable
  accuracy and the time and cost for doing the
  work.
• Countries that have adopted simpler procedures
  and modern methods, and focused on the quality of
  the products have greatly increased efficiency of
  systematic cadastre and reduced costs.
• In fact, experience in countries that have used
  less accurate survey methods does not show any
  noticeable increase in disputes over boundaries.

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• Why does this matter because WB financing of
  straight-forward land administration projects is
  coming to an end in this sub-region.
• Governments are often cash-strapped
• Need to ensure affordable solutions
• Most countries in the region now have good land
  administration systems in place and are using
  sporadic harmonization for improving cadastre
  and registry records

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The next generation of issues

• There continues to be interest in financing
  systematic cadastre/registration and reforms
  but it cannot be cadastre for cadastres sake.
• WB financing is increasingly focused on the next
  generation of issues
• Developing a more integrated approach to land
  management through land policies that reflect
  environmental and sustainable development
  objectives
• Developing infrastructure and support mechanisms
  for land policy, land regulation and sustainable
  development
• Geo-information, NSDI and other spatially enabled
  services and products
• Property valuation systems property taxation
• Improving service and increasing transparency

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For the future

• Several recent projects have combined standard
  components of systematic cadastre with other
  activities
• Property valuation and pilot property tax
  implementation
• Agricultural land issues including land
  consolidation support for EU CAP absorption
• Support for regional/municipal planning
  regularization of illegal development
• State land management
• Support for NSDI, geo-information, GIS