1. Internally displaced persons who have returned to their homes or places of habitual residence ... more 1. Internally displaced persons who have returned to their homes or places of habitual residence or who have resettled in another part of the country shall not be discriminated against as a result of their having been displaced. They shall have the right to participate ...
T hroughout the developing world, the poor management of publicly held land has a profoundly nega... more T hroughout the developing world, the poor management of publicly held land has a profoundly negative impact on the poor. This briefing note examines this problem in the Pacific nation of Solomon Islands, where the colonial land legacy and the postindependence regulation of immovable property were particularly consequential. Using estimates of urban contributions to GDP and the share of GDP provided by land transactions, an estimate can be made of the economic significance of public urban land governance. Recent urban valuations, actual rent revenues and estimates of arrears, actual expenditures, and estimates of rents paid out (see box below) provide an estimated current rate of return to public land. 2 After a description of the previous government's plans to address the poor performance of the past, the note concludes with a suggested complementary strategy for how the World Bank, including Justice for the Poor 3 and other development partners, could assist the current government in addressing this challenge.
For many of the survivors of the earthquake-tsunami that smashed into the coastlines of countries... more For many of the survivors of the earthquake-tsunami that smashed into the coastlines of countries bordering the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004, their property rights were the only assets that survived with them. Even these sometimes tenuous rights to space for shelter, cultivation and trade were imperilled by this terrible disaster and its equally overwhelming aftermath. This paper tries to identify how the property rights of the survivors can be restored, secured and, where possible, enhanced. This paper is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the regional pretsunami property rights framework. The second part focuses on the impact of the tsunami on those property rights and the third part concludes with recommendations. Recommendations to each class of development actor are made on the basis of the categories of threat to reparation of property rights developed in the proceeding analysis; material threats, administrative threats and threats to legal and human rights. First, material threats to property rights must be urgently addressed by all actors, therefore generation of free, fast replacement identity, property and other records, such as title deeds, death certificates and letters of inheritance, should be given priority. Property that has been lost to its previous user, and the needs of the landless must be carefully examined to explore alternative uses and sources of supply that can be delivered to those who are without access to vital productive assets.
1. Internally displaced persons who have returned to their homes or places of habitual residence ... more 1. Internally displaced persons who have returned to their homes or places of habitual residence or who have resettled in another part of the country shall not be discriminated against as a result of their having been displaced. They shall have the right to participate ...
T hroughout the developing world, the poor management of publicly held land has a profoundly nega... more T hroughout the developing world, the poor management of publicly held land has a profoundly negative impact on the poor. This briefing note examines this problem in the Pacific nation of Solomon Islands, where the colonial land legacy and the postindependence regulation of immovable property were particularly consequential. Using estimates of urban contributions to GDP and the share of GDP provided by land transactions, an estimate can be made of the economic significance of public urban land governance. Recent urban valuations, actual rent revenues and estimates of arrears, actual expenditures, and estimates of rents paid out (see box below) provide an estimated current rate of return to public land. 2 After a description of the previous government's plans to address the poor performance of the past, the note concludes with a suggested complementary strategy for how the World Bank, including Justice for the Poor 3 and other development partners, could assist the current government in addressing this challenge.
For many of the survivors of the earthquake-tsunami that smashed into the coastlines of countries... more For many of the survivors of the earthquake-tsunami that smashed into the coastlines of countries bordering the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004, their property rights were the only assets that survived with them. Even these sometimes tenuous rights to space for shelter, cultivation and trade were imperilled by this terrible disaster and its equally overwhelming aftermath. This paper tries to identify how the property rights of the survivors can be restored, secured and, where possible, enhanced. This paper is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the regional pretsunami property rights framework. The second part focuses on the impact of the tsunami on those property rights and the third part concludes with recommendations. Recommendations to each class of development actor are made on the basis of the categories of threat to reparation of property rights developed in the proceeding analysis; material threats, administrative threats and threats to legal and human rights. First, material threats to property rights must be urgently addressed by all actors, therefore generation of free, fast replacement identity, property and other records, such as title deeds, death certificates and letters of inheritance, should be given priority. Property that has been lost to its previous user, and the needs of the landless must be carefully examined to explore alternative uses and sources of supply that can be delivered to those who are without access to vital productive assets.
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