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Land Law and Registration

Chapters from the authoritative book by S. Rowton Simpson

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A list of projects financed by development agencies

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Land administration systems and laws, country by country

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News

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What's New

 July 2010
Periurban MaseruMCA-Lesotho Land Administration Reform Project Moves Further Ahead
After a small hiccough, when MCC suspended funding of the project due to conditions not being met, the Land Act 2010 and Land Administration Authority Act 2010 are now law and the project is again moving ahead. The pilot land tenure regularisation scheme has commenced in peri-urban Maseru and the Land Administration Authority has been legally established but with only one employee so far -- the Director General, Sean Johnson. Recruitment of staff is expected to commence soon and LAA will gradually take over the land administration functions of the Department of Lands abd Surveys and merge these with the Deeds Registry. The LAA is expected to provide much improved, quicker, and more professional land administration services to land users and occupiers who require a lease and want formal tenure and secure land dealings. The LAA is an autonomous executive agency of the Government of Lesotho and in the long term is expected to be self sustaining. More information about MCA-Lesotho and the land programme can be found here.
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Simpson Chapter 12 Customary Land Tenure
June 2010
The World Cup Kicks Off Today:
Why does it work?

Why does the World Cup work, and why is it so successful? Simple. The rules of the game are simple; and they are universal (the same rules for everybody, both rich and poor), and they are understood by everybody (well, just about, and even North Americans these days). The rules are part of the 'institution' of the beautiful game, and the strength of the institution is what sustains the game. More
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  May 2010
Land and Property Titles Make News
A rash of news articles about land and property title problems have appeared recently in South Africa's The Star newspaper: fraud at the Deeds Registry; a backlog of 40,000 property sales; residents of Alexandria township are still seeking to get their land titles back; and, residents who purchased properties in good faith now face eviction because of strict government policies. More.
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  May 2010
Further Support for Land Administration in Palestine
The Government of Finland and the World Bank have jointly supported the Palestinian Authority’s Land Administration Programme since 2005 and plan to continue doing so. >more
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