A. Tuladhar

Quality assessment of the land administration system in Pakistan

Performance issues of land administration systems, specifically the quality aspects, have been getting more attention over the last few years. Different assessment attempts have been carried out at international level, across different land administration systems in the world, to evaluate the performance of land administration systems by comparing different aspects of these systems. In all these evaluations, prime attention is given to only those measuring parameters which are common to all these systems. In some cases, legal and technical parameters are considered while the institutional and organisational parameters receive more attention in others. There have been a few efforts to standardise the procedures for assessing the performance of land administration systems at international level but there is no internationally accepted or standardised method to assess the quality of a standalone land administration system (LAS) within a countrys environment. To be able to assess the quality of a standalone LAS, this paper develops a conceptual and methodological framework for carrying out in-depth analysis of the system. This research identifies those elements, indicators and variables that are required for assessing the quality of a standalone LAS. In order to identify such elements, indicators and variables to be included in the framework, a theoretical background is first discussed. A quality assessment framework and the methodological approach for assessing the quality of LASs are then developed. The approach is finally applied to assess the quality situation of the LAS in Pakistan by using the quality assessment framework via an explanatory case-study approach.

Land-Based Strategic Model by Integrating Diverse Policies for Climate Change Adaptation in Nepal

There is a growing number of policies, guidelines and plans of action related to climate change with special attention to adaptation at different scales of global, regional, national and local levels. Each scale consists of a wide array of stakeholders with different roles and inter-relations. This research indicates that these stakeholders take their actions as directed by their own institutional mandates not necessarily as part of an integrated policy in adaptation to climate change. Such institutional fragmentation creates a gap in the implementation of an integrated policy both in climate information supply and in the delivery of climate services at local and community levels. The purposes of this research is to introduce a landbased strategic model for climate change adaptation services by integrating a variety of plans of action from the sectoral national policies related to land, environment, agriculture, forestry, meteorology and hydrology.

Land privatization in urban Mongolia: an observation

Abstract The land privatization process in Mongolia mainly concerns residential land. The process is considered to perform slowly. The deadline for free allocation of residential land was extended from 2005 to 2013. Still, the number of families that have acquired private landownership during that period is low. This paper aims to take a closer look at the operational process in Ulaanbaatar. The paper finds that, when citizens apply, in a majority of cases the legal deadline to be granted a land-ownership right is actually met. An observation is that this apparent ‘successful’ process management is made possible by a limitation of input of applications. In conclusion, the current land privatization process in Mongolia features a lack of information about privatization areas, lack of citizen involvement in the choice of areas to be privatized and a de facto influx regulation leading to frustration. The paper concludes with policy advice for improvement.