Establishing a land governance monitoring System in Rwanda

Results from stakeholders’ consultations

Thierry Hoza Ngoga

Context

Policy, legal and institutional framework in place Over 10.4 million parcels registered and mapped Over 7 million land leases issued Use of modern technologies in land

administration systems Establishment of a sustainable land

administration system High demand of land related data

Key stakeholders

Sixteen different organisations/institutions consulted including: Government ministries and departments Central bank Academic and research institutes Private sector Civil society organisations Development partners/donors Support projects

Key findings: Types of land indicators needed?

Land ownership: disaggregated gender data (e.g. proportion of land owned by women/men; size; location etc)

Land market: sale prices, mortgage, size, location ect Land use: proportion of land by types of use, land use

change history (e.g from agriculture to residential); size

Land transactions: e.g. proportion of land transferred through inheritance, sale, exchange, ect

Taxation: Proportion of land where property tax and ground rent is required

Key findings: Why establishing a LGMS?

Support various sector planning processes Basis to address key policy issues/draw policy

recommendations based on reliable data Increase accountability Transparency Respond to data gaps in the land administration

systems Ease of information exchange Assess land’s role in economic development Feed into regional and international initiatives

What types of land data are needed?

Land ownership: proportion of land owned by women/men; size; location etc

Land market: sale prices, mortgage, size, location Land use: proportion of land by types of use, land use

change history (e.g from agriculture to residential); proportion of current land use versus proposed land use s

Proportion of land under disputes Proportion of land expropriated Land transactions: proportion of land transferred

through inheritance, sale, exchange, ect Taxation: Proportion of and where property tax and

ground rent is required

What is next?

Raise awareness amongst decision makers

Establish reporting mechanisms and set standards

Establish land data sharing framework Set regular reporting Data analysis –policy recommendations

Examples

Land registered in women’s names Women’s as sole owners: 18% all

parcels (1,958,058) covering 3,358,954 sq/m

Men’s sole owners: 10.6% (1,135,254 parcels)

joint ownership: 48% (5,093,156 all parcels)