Proceedings of the 2017 conference on land policy in Africa
The second Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA) took place on 14-17 November 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme: “The Africa We Want: Achieving socioeconomic transformation through inclusive and equitable access to land by the youth.” The conference was hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). The Conference contributed in the implementation of African Union (AU) Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges in Africa which recognizes the importance of convening platforms “to facilitate experience sharing, lessons learning and dissemination of best practices in land policy formulation, implementation and monitoring based on member states experiences.”