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    The Example of Bamako, Mali

    Series series Africa Development Forum
    Urban and peri-urban land markets in rapidly expanding West African cities operate within and across different coexisting tenure regimes and involve complex procedures to obtain or make land available for housing. Because a structured framework lacks for the analysis of such systems, this book proposes a systemic approach and applies it to Bamako and its surrounding areas. The framework revolves ... Read more

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    Can Better Governance and Management of Scarcity Prevent a Looming Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa?

    The report identifies scarcity and weak governance as main land challenges in the MENA region. It describes how they affect land use and access, result in significant inefficiencies and inequities, and generate economic, environmental and social costs. ... Read more

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    Can It Yield Sustainable and Equitable Benefits?

    Series series Agriculture and Rural Development Series, World Bank Training Series
    This book not only highlights the risks associated with large-scale investment, but also advises on how governments can create an environment to attract investment that contributes to broad-based growth and poverty reduction in cases where land acquisition by large investors makes sense from a social, economic, and environmental perspective. ... Read more

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    Can Better Governance and Management of Scarcity Prevent a Looming Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa?

    Across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), land is scarce and valuable. Demand for land is projected to dramatically increase to meet the needs of a fast-growing urban population. At the same time, the supply of land is restricted by weak governance and climate factors, causing the quasi-exhaustion of cultivable land reserves. As a result, a crisis is looming. Yet, land continues to be used ... Read more

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  • Land Delivery Systems in West African Cities

    The Example of Bamako, Mali

    Series series Africa Development Forum
    Urban and peri-urban land markets in rapidly expanding West African cities operate within and across different coexisting tenure regimes and involve complex procedures to obtain or make land available for housing. Because a structured framework lacks for the analysis of such systems, this book proposes a systemic approach and applies it to Bamako and its surrounding areas. The framework revolves ... Read more

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