Dr. Charisse Griffith-CharlesThe University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

Land Conference 2011Land Ownership in Trinidad and Tobago: Issues and ChallengesDates: April 28-29, 2011

Social - Publicity to support tenureEconomic - Information to support land market/taxationSustainability - Comprehensiveness for State land management

Completeness, currency and comprehensiveness of information in each case

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Political Goals

Land Policy

Instruments

Tools

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Poverty eradication

Sustainable housing

Sustainable agriculture

Economic growth

Social equity

Land Policy – how to allocate land and benefits

Forms of Land rights and level of

tenure security

Intervention in land sales

and rental markets

Policy and revenue

generation through

land taxation

Land use planning and

land development

public acquisition

Land tenure reform and

redistributive land reform

Management of natural

resources, state land

management

Land registration

Cadastres and other inventories Valuation methods

Land use inventories

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Land is primary asset of the poorLand economic activity empowermentLand and resource allocation influences economic growthControl of land leads to economic and political powerUnequal distribution of land leads to conflictExistence of market distortions require intervention

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Economic growthPoverty eradicationGood governanceEnvironmental sustainability

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Modernisation -Dependency -Globalisation -Sustainability -

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Integrated with development policyBoth short term and long term impactsPolitical issue, contentious Needs capacity for implementationNot clear cut

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Improve deed systemContinue with voluntary titlingPerform comprehensive systematic titling

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Make Certificate of Comfort registrable

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•Areas of clear title•Informal areas•Informal family land•Densely populated areas•Sparsely populated areas

Determine and document philosophySet land policy in keeping with thisFocus

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Dr. Charisse Griffith-CharlesThe University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

Land Conference 2011Land Ownership in Trinidad and Tobago: Issues and ChallengesDates: April 28-29, 2011