[25 October 2012] -- The World Bank has issued a call for abstracts in advance of its annual Land and Poverty conference, which will be held at World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C. 8-11 April 2013.
Submissions between 800 and 1500 words are invited on the theme "Moving towards transparent land governance: Evidence-based next
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To register or submit an abstract, please use this link: https://www.conftool.com/landandpoverty2013/
Important Dates:
Online submission of abstract: November 15, 2012
Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2012
Submission of full paper with a 200-word summary: March 1, 2013
Online submission of abstract: November 15, 2012
Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2012
Submission of full paper with a 200-word summary: March 1, 2013
About the Land and Poverty Conference
Every year, the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty brings together representatives from governments, the development community, civil society, academia, and the private sector to discuss issues of concern to communities, land practitioners and policymakers worldwide. The conference aims to foster dialogue and sharing of good practices around the diversity of reforms, approaches and experiences that are being implemented in the land sector around the world (see the 2012 conference website at www.landandpoverty.com for details on format of the conference.
Under the theme of “Moving towards transparent land governance: Evidence-based next steps”, the 2013 conference will provide a forum for an evidence-based discussion of innovative approaches to follow up on recent global and regional initiatives, and concrete steps to improve land governance at country level in a way that contributes to poverty reduction, gender equality, and sustainable economic growth. Papers are invited for presentations at the conference in six thematic areas:
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Securing land rights and improving land use at the grassroots;
- Adjusting laws and institutions to address urban expansion and governance;
- Innovative approaches towards spatially enabling land administration and management;
- Supporting a continuum of rights in a decentralized environment;
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Mobilizing the private sector to improve land governance; and
- Sharing benefits from exploitation of land- based resources.
