Land Admin SystemsSummary
Draft for Ken's approval
Initial Recording of Property Rights (IRPR) brings large numbers of properties onto a formal register, making tenure more secure. Senior provincial officials want to understand their options for securing rights to ~10,000 properties in one district. They used the Strategy Dynamics approach to understand the process, the size of the task and the key issues.
The schematic of the core structure shows a processing pipeline from community awareness and recording rights claims, through adjudication and dispute resolution, to registration and issuing documentation. It also covers work crews, skills, productivity and costs.
Three options were modelled. Option 1, the status quo, costs $43 per property and takes 3.5 years. Option 2, the fit for purpose approach with relaxed regulations, costs $19 per property and takes 1.8 years. Option 3 supports a non-government organisation (NGO) to use the same approach and record results in a community register, at $11 per property. Option 3 carries significant risks. Option 2 was seen as having merit. The team identified five strategic and four operational issues.
Key points
- IRPR matters greatly because it makes property rights much more secure and opens an avenue to using titles as collateral.
- Very high spatial accuracy, long prescriptive procedures, and certified surveyors and notaries make IRPR slow, costly and unaffordable at scale.
- When choosing technology for IRPR, consider how it links with existing land office and Land Registry systems, and how it will be maintained and funded long term.
- IRPR at scale using the fit for purpose approach needs many people, who will need initial training and support in the field.
- The Provincial Government must be very clear on its long-term quality aims, because these strongly affect which IRPR option is most appropriate.