Opening Session & Keynotes 

Thematic Sessions

Large Scale Agricultural Investment 

Land Governance 

Research and Capacity Builing 

Legend: Paper Presentation Video

• Facilitating land access and agricultural investment: The role of international institutions
  K. Nwanze, President, IFAD

• Securing land rights for the poor: The case of Lesotho
  P. Sekatle Matumelo, Minister of Local Government, Kingdom of Lesotho

Keynote Address

• Robust property rights institutions to manage local and global commons: Lessons & Challenges
  E. Ostrom, Professor, Indiana University, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2009

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• The global land rush: Getting down to the facts
  K. Deininger, Land Tenure Adviser, ARD, World Bank

• Results from action-oriented research on large scale agricultural investments led by civil society
  M. Taylor, Land Policy Programme Manager for Africa, ILC Secretariat, Rome

• A regional perspective on proberinciples for responsible agro-investment: OECD's West African case studies
  L. Hitimana, Agriculture Economist, Sahel and West Africa Club, OECD

• Operationalizing the principles for responsible agro-investment through a knowledge platform and toolkit
  J. Lamb, Senior Agribusiness Specialist, ARD, World Bank

• Strengthening economic evaluation and data for large scale investments in Mozambique: Key lessons
  R. Albino, Director, Center for Agricultural Promotion (CEPAGRI), Republic of Mozambique

• The Governmanet's rols in attracting viable agricultural investment: Experience from Ghana
  K. Ahwoi, Minister of Food and Agriculture, Republic of Ghana

• An innovative public-private partnership for national food security and sustainable RAI
  N. Al Hajri, Chairman, Hassad Food, Qatar

• Discussant: L. del Castillo, Co-Chair, International Land Coalition

• Do outgrower schemes improve local livelihoods? Evidence from Zambia
  D. Gumbo, Regional Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research, Zambia

• Social impact of large scale agro-investments in the Former Soviet Union: Lessons from Ukraine’s experience
  I. Gazizulin, Senior Analyst, International Centre for Policy Studies, Ukraine

• Large scale land concessions in Liberia: Has the renegotiation process improved social outcomes?
  S. Gotomo, Executive Director, Making Enterprises Ltd., Liberia

• Discussants:
  C. Planҫon, Land Policy Specialist, French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
  G. Myers, Senior Land Tenure and Property Rights Specialist, USAID

• Establishing a framework for transferring public land
  M. Hernandez, Project Head Agriculture and Capital Market, Proinversion, Peru

• Plantation expansion in Papua, Indonesia: Likely impacts on the largest remaining forested lanscape in the Asia Pacific
  K. Obidzinski, Scientist, CIFOR

• Whose land are you giving away, Mr. President?
  L. Alden Wily, Independent Consultant, Nairobi 

•  Discussants: J. Lindsay, World Bank

• Governance of large scale agricultural investments in Africa: The case of Ethiopia
  I. Tamrat, Managing Director, Multi-Talen Consultancy PLC, Ethiopia

• Governance of large scale agricultural investments in Africa: The case of DRC
  A. Mpoyi, Executive Director, Council for Environmental Defense by Legality & Traceability 

• Establishing a concession inventory: The case of Laos
  O. Schoenweger, Land Tenure Adviser, GTZ Laos

• Mainstreaming land observatories in Africa: Potential roles for regional organizations
  I. Dare, Director, West African Economic & Monetary Union

• Discussants:
  D. Gustafson, Director, FAO Liaison Office for North America
  K. Hornberger, Investment Policy & Promotion Specialist, IFC

• Can sustainability, social responsibility, and profitability be reconciled? A farm operator’s perspective
  A. Preusche, Chairman, NFD Agro

• Large farm agriculture in Africa: An institutional investor’s perspective
  S. Payne, CEO, Emergent Asset Management

• Global developments in agricultural land markets
  P. de Laperouse, Managing Director, HighQuest Partners LLC/Soyatech LLC

• Farming in the Southern Cone: Sustainable development model
  A. Lopemoz, Technical and Environment Manager, AdecoAgro

• Discussant: P. Labaste, World Bank

• The potential (and limitations) of civil society to help secure community rights: Lessons from Peru
  Margarita Benavides, Sub-director, Instituto de Bien Comun (IBC), Peru 

• Governance of large scale agricultural investments in Africa: The case of Zambia
  A. Mulolwa, Professor, University of Zambia 

• Large scale land acquisitions in Ghana: Does the legal framework effectively manage the trade-offs
  G. Schoneveld, Associate Expert, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

• Discussants:
  N. Marquez, Executive Director Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform & Rural Development
  H. Liversage, Land Tenure Adviser, IFAD

• Lessons from EITI’s governance structure for responsible agricultural investment
  A. Ravat, Program Manager, EITI, World Bank

• Regulating land acquisition: What are the risks and how well do existing standards address them?
  R. de Man, International Consultant, Sustainable Business Development

• Enforcing industry codes of conduct: Challenges and lessons from other sectors
  W. Kiene, Former Chairman of the World Bank Inspection Panel (2007-2009)

• Discussants:
  A. Ries, Head, Programme on Food Security, Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation

• From cadastre to land governance: the changing role of land professionals in support of the global agenda
  S. Enemark, Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark 

• From LADM/STDM to a spatially enabled society: a vision for 2025
  H. Uitermark, Visiting Scientist, ITC

• Global position infrastructures and their relevance to building sustainable land administration systems
  M. Higgins, Department of Natural Resources & Water, Queensland Governmant, Australia

• Helping to meet the software needs for low-cost land administration
  M. Torhönen, Land Tenure Officer, FAO

• Discussants:
  K. Bell, Senior Land Policy Specialist, World Bank
  P. Rabley, President, International Land Systems US

• The voluntary guidelines for good governance of land & natural resources: Content, process & next steps
  P. Munro-Faure, Head, Land Tenure & Management Unit, FAO 

• Using the land governance assessment framework (LGAF): Lessons and next steps
  H. Selod, Senior Economist, ARD, World Bank

• Using the LGAF to feed into the domestic policy dialogue: Lessons from Benin’s experience
  J. Tonato, Associate, Impact Consultants, Benin 

• Applying the LGAF to Peru: Substantive insights and local follow up
  V. Endo, Exectuve Director, Administracion del Territorio, Peru

• Discussants:
  W. Zimmerman, Land Tenure Adviser, GTZro
  M. Niasse, Director, International Land Coalition, Rome

• Land reform in Nigeria: Progress, problems, and prospects
  A. Mabogunje, Chairman, Presidential Technical Commission on Land Reform, Government of Nigeria

• Dealing with land relations in Liberia: The land commission’s approach and agenda
  O. Brandy, Chairman of the Land Commission, Republic of Liberia 

• The emerging research agenda on land in Liberia
  J. Carter, Co-Director, Institute for Research, University of Liberia 

• Competing conceptions of customary land rights registration (PFRs in Benin): Methodological, policy, and polity issues
  P. Lavigne-Delville, Senior Research Officer on Land Policies, Research,
  GRET/IRD/LASDEL

•  Discussant: J. Sanjak, Managing Director, MCC

• Implementation and enforcement of environmental planning in Para: Lessons for others and next steps
  J. Benatti, President, Instituto de Terras do Para (ITERPA), Para, Brazil

• Integrating environmental and social sustainability into agricultural commodities value chains and Bank operations
  L. F. Guedes Pinto, Executive Director, Imaflora, Brazil

• The Brazilian Amazon Initiative: Opportunities for sustainable private sector partnerships
  C. Klink, Senior Program Officer, IFC Brazilian Amazon Initiative

• Discussant: 
  M. Lundell, Sector Leader, LCSAR, World Bank

• Statutory recognition of customary land rights: Legal and empirical issues
  R. Knight, Attorney, International Development Law Organization (IDLO), Rome

• Pilot implementation of systematic low-cost demarcation in rural Tanzania
  T. Burns, Land Equity International 

• Using satellite data to secure rights and guide land use planning in India
  Y. V. N. Krishnamurthy, Director, Indianmu Space Research Organization (ISRO), Hyderabad

• Reconstruction in Haiti: A land rights infrastructure to support its sustainable development
  D. Roberge, Director, Office of the Surveyor General of Quebec and Chair Elect, FIG Commission 7

• Discussant:
  D. Grusczynski, Associate Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  N. Taylor, Vice President, International Land Systems

• Integration of land policies into CAADP roundtables: Evidence and implications for research
  J. Kagwanja, Program Officer, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) 

• Fostering South-South collaboration in capacity building
  M. Rukuni, Professor, University of Zimbabwe and COMESA 

• Land in the AERC’s program on agricultural economics: Key analytical issues
  W. Kosura, Professor, University of Nairobi and African Economic Research Council (AERC) 

• The role of land rights observatories in stimulating monitoring of trends
  H. Ouedraogo, Land Policy Adviser, AU/ECA 

• Discussants:
  B. Koppers, Program Manager, East and West Africa, HTSPE Ltd.
  T. Pickardt, Land Management Adviser, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)

• Using land registration as a tool to generate municipal revenue: Lessons from Bogota
  F. Ruiz, Head of Valuation, S. Soler, Chief IT Officer, & G. Vallejo, City of Bogota

• Land in the World Bank’s urban strategy: Implications for technical and financial support
  R. Rajack, Senior Urban Development Specialist, FEUUR, World Bank

• Long-term prospects in land and tenure in sub-Saharan Africa
  A. Durand-Lasserve, Director of Research, National Centre of Scientific Research, France

• Revising urban planning laws in South Africa and Zambia: Implementation and impacts 
  S. Berrisford, Consultant, University of Cape Town & University of Sheffield

• Discussants: R. Sietchiping, Global Land Tool Network Project Officer, UN-Habitat

• Guyana’s low carbon development strategy (LCDS): Key issues and challenges 
  A. Bishop, Adviser on Land and Environment, Guyana Forest Service

• The role of land governance in facilitating a LCDS: Process in Guyana and broader lessons
  M. Childress, Senior Land Adminsitration Specialist, World Bank

• How can clean development become economically attractive? Role of the Forest Carbon Partnership Fund
  K. Andrasko, Senior Methodology Specialist, ENVCF, World Bank

•  Discussants: 
  J. Munoz, Lead Rural Development Specialist, ARD, World Bank

• Does inheritance law reform increase women’s access to assets? Evidence from South India
  A. Goyal, World Bank 

• Policy reform towards gender equality in Ethiopia: Little by little the egg begins to walk
  A. Quisumbing, Senior Research, International Food & Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
  N. Kumar, Senior Research Staff, IFPRI

• Legal assistance and women’s land rights in Andhra Pradesh: Designing a policy evaluation
  T. Hanstad, President, Rural Development Institute (RDI) 

• Discussants: C. Doss, Senior Lecturer, Yale University

• The theory and policy of contractual registers
  B. Arrunada, Professor, University Pompeu Fabra

• Going digital: Credit effects of land registry computerization in India
  K. Deininger, Land Tenure Adviser, ARD, World Bank 

• Land reform in Africa: No-intervention agreements
  G. Köhlin, Director, Environment for Development, University of Gothenburg

•  Discussants: 
  D. Monchuk, Consultant, World Bank

• In search of order: Property rights enforcement in Kibera Settlement, Kenya
  S. Joireman, Professor, Wheaton College 

• The effect of land market restrictions on employment pattern and wages: Evidence from Sri Lanka 
  F. Shilpi, Development Research Group, World Bank

• Initial impacts of land reform in Malawi 
  X. del Carpio, Independent Evaluation Unit, World Bank
  V. Hoffmann, Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of
  Maryland

• Discussants: 
  A. Zoomers, Professor, Utrecht University
  C. Augustinus, Chief, Land Tenure & Property Administration, UN Habitat

• The far-reaching impact of land inequality on public good provision: Evidence from US counties
  D. Vollrath, University of Houston 

• Do Property titles increase credit access among the urban poor?
  M. Torero, Director, Markets & Trade Division, IFPRI

• Are there efficiency costs to continued land reform legislation? The case of West Bengal
  S. Jin, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

• Discussants:
  J. Conning, Professor, City University of New York

• Integrating land issues into post-conflict response: Case study evidence and implications 
  S. Pantuliano, Head, Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UK

• The contribution of land to recent violence in Kenya: Implications for the ongoing land policy dialogue
  I. Mwathane, Director, Land Development & Governance Institute (LDGI), Kenya 

• Challenges for land administration in the Pacific
  R. Nixon, Consultant, World Bank's Justice for the Poor Program, Timor-Leste

• Discussant: 
  A. Norton, Lead Social Development Specialist, Social Development department,
  World Bank

• Low cost titling in Africa: Land tenure regularization in Rwanda
  E. Nkurunziza, Head, National Land Center, Republic of Rwanda and
  A. Locke Project Director, HTSPE Ltd.

• Land tenure reform in Rwanda: Pilot impacts & strategy for national roll-out
  D. Ali, DECRG, World Bank 

• Long-term impacts from communal land rights registration: The case of Mexico’s ejido reform
  M. Gonzalez-Navarro, Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research, UC 

• Impact of land registration and certification on land border conflicts in Ethiopia
  S. Holden, Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences

• Discussants: O. Larbi, Project Director, Ghana Land Administration Project, Republic of Ghana

• Large vs. small scale agriculture: Towards a conceptual framework and research agenda
  D. Byerlee, World Bank

• Land availablity and investments for sustainable (agricultural) development in food insecure countries
  M. Shah, Program Director, Qatar National Food Security Program

• The emergence of large scale agricultural production in Ukraine: Lessons and perspectives 
  A. Lissitsa, President, Ukrainian Agribusiness Club 

• Discussant: A. Engel, Division Chief Agriculture, GTZ

• Micro-effects of forest tenure reform in China
  X. Jintao, Professor, Peking University

• Improving land tenure security in Uganda: Initial evidence
  R. Meinzen-Dick, IFPRI
  C. Doss, Yale University

• Natural resource tenure reform in the context of climate change: Evidence and emerging hypotheses
  M. Kirk, Professor and S. Prediger, Research Assistant, University of Marburg
  

• Discussants: 
  Alemu Mekonnen, Addis Ababa University