Dr. Charisse Griffith-CharlesThe University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
Land Conference 2011Land Ownership in Trinidad and Tobago: Issues and ChallengesDates: April 28-29, 2011
Social - Publicity to support tenureEconomic - Information to support land market/taxationSustainability - Comprehensiveness for State land management
Completeness, currency and comprehensiveness of information in each case
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Political Goals
Land Policy
Instruments
Tools
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Poverty eradication
Sustainable housing
Sustainable agriculture
Economic growth
Social equity
Land Policy – how to allocate land and benefits
Forms of Land rights and level of
tenure security
Intervention in land sales
and rental markets
Policy and revenue
generation through
land taxation
Land use planning and
land development
public acquisition
Land tenure reform and
redistributive land reform
Management of natural
resources, state land
management
Land registration
Cadastres and other inventories Valuation methods
Land use inventories
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Land is primary asset of the poorLand economic activity empowermentLand and resource allocation influences economic growthControl of land leads to economic and political powerUnequal distribution of land leads to conflictExistence of market distortions require intervention
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Economic growthPoverty eradicationGood governanceEnvironmental sustainability
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Modernisation -Dependency -Globalisation -Sustainability -
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Integrated with development policyBoth short term and long term impactsPolitical issue, contentious Needs capacity for implementationNot clear cut
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Improve deed systemContinue with voluntary titlingPerform comprehensive systematic titling
Land Conference 2011Land Ownership in Trinidad and Tobago: Issues and ChallengesDates: April 28-29, 2011
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Make Certificate of Comfort registrable
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•Areas of clear title•Informal areas•Informal family land•Densely populated areas•Sparsely populated areas
Determine and document philosophySet land policy in keeping with thisFocus
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Dr. Charisse Griffith-CharlesThe University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
Land Conference 2011Land Ownership in Trinidad and Tobago: Issues and ChallengesDates: April 28-29, 2011