Ministers to discuss land governance issues during African development week

Abstract

A high level ministerial dialogue under the theme, “Invest in Africa’s Land to Catalyze Economic Growth and Prosperity” will take place on 26 March in Dakar, Senegal, during the 2017 edition of African Development Week. Commenting on the event’s theme, Joan Kagwanja who heads the Land Policy Initiative at ECA said good land governance is critical to the realization of an inclusive structural transformation of Africa’s economies. Good land governance is a basis for effective rural and urban land use planning to facilitate the growth of African cities in a manner that enhances rural-urban linkages. The good news is that many African governments are already at different stages of land policy and institutional reforms to improve land governance.