Summary

Making land work, produced as part of AusAID's Pacific Land Program, has two volumes.

Description

Making land work, produced as part of AusAID's Pacific Land Program, has two volumes.

Volume one, Reconciling customary land and development in the Pacific, is an overview of the main issues that Pacific island countries, Papua New Guinea and East Timor - referred to broadly as the Pacific region - are likely to face if they choose to reform their land policies and institutions to promote social and economic development.

Volume two, Case studies on customary land and development in the Pacific, is a collection of 16 studies that look at problems and innovative practices in land tenure and administration across the Pacific region.

AusAID recognises that land policy reform is something that must be driven by Pacific governments and communities, not by donors. For this reason, Making land work does not seek to advocate any particular policy options or models. Nor does it necessarily reflect AusAID or Australian government policy. It has been published as an information resource for countries undertaking land policy reform. It draws lessons from international experience, canvasses broad principles and approaches, and seeks to stimulate ideas on policy options.

Making Land Work is available in two volumes as below. Volume two is also available as separate case studies.

Volumes One and Two:

• Volume One - Reconciling customary land and development [PDF 1.7MB]
• Volume Two - Case Studies on customary land and development in the Pacific [PDF 3.2MB]

Volume Two Case Studies:

• Introductory Chapters [PDF 444KB]
• Case Study 1 - Incorporated land groups in Papua New Guinea [PDF 551KB]
• Case Study 2 - Village land trusts in Vanuatu: 'one common basket' [PDF 736KB]
• Case Study 3 - Recording land rights and boundaries in Auluta Basin, Solomon Islands [PDF 545KB]
• Case Study 4 - Land registration among the Tolai people: waiting 50 years for titles [PDF 563 KB]
• Case Study 5 - Informal land systems within urban settlements in Honiara and Port Moresby [PDF 683KB]
• Case Study 6 - The role of the Central Land Council in Aboriginal land dealings [PDF 580KB]
• Case Study 7 - Maori landownership and land management in New Zealand [PDF 597KB]
• Case Study 8 - Absentee landowners in the Cook Islands: Consequences of Change to Tradition [PDF 554KB]
• Case Study 9 - Mediating land conflict in East Timor [PDF 588KB]
• Case Study 10 - Resolving land disputes in Samoa [PDF 579KB]
• Case Study 11 - Settling customary land disputes in Papua New Guinea [PDF 528KB]
• Case Study 12 - Acquiring land for public purposes in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu [PDF 579KB]
• Case Study 13 - Accessing land for public purposes in Samoa [PDF 528KB]
• Case Study 14 - The paths to land policy reform in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu [PDF 573KB]
• Case Study 15 - Strengthening land administration in Solomon Islands [PDF 569KB]
• Case Study 16 - Training and educating land professionals: the value of institutional partnerships [PDF 555KB]
• Annexes [PDF 688KB]

Pacific Land Conference, Vanuatu (12-13 June 2008)

Making Land Work was officially launched by the Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance the Hon Bob McMullan MP on 12 June 2008 at the Pacific Land conference in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

• Transcript of McMullen's speech at the Conference
• Strengthening property rights

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