LANDex - Global Land Governance Index

Transparent and Accessible Information

8B National information on public land deals are made publicly available

People-Based Assessment

This indicator measures to what degree information on land is searchable, transparent and accessible.

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This indicator is comprised of three blocks.

In these blocks, you will be asked to respond to questions in two different ways: some questions will be answered Yes (Y), No (N). Other questions will be answered on a scale of 0-3, according to descriptions available next to the possible responses.

Please choose the response that best represents the situation in your country.

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Basic Information

What country does this data pertain to?*

What email address can you be contacted at?*

What is your name?

Would you like your name to be kept anonymous?

Who are you completing this form for?*

Myself

Someone else

What organisation are you affiliated with?

Is this organisation a people's organisation?*

Yes

What is a people's organisation?

People's organisations are defined as organisations that directly represent people depending upon land and are accountable to them. The constituency the organization represents are indigenous peoples, youth, women, pastoralists, rural workers, rural community members, fishers, landless, forest dwellers and users, peasants and hunter gatherers , afro descendants, quilombolas, adivasi and dalit. NGOs that work closely with people depending upon land but do not represent them are not People's Organisations.

Where is the organisation located?

What sector does your organisation work in?

Respondents should choose the sector that best reflects their affiliation. If no sector presented accurately describes the respondent's affiliation, the Other option should be selected.

While non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can be considered within the broader sector of civil society organizations (CSOs), we provide both options to reflect different understandings of these terms in diverse contexts. The UNDP defines CSOs as "voluntary organizations with governance and direction coming from citizens or constituency members, without significant government-controlled participation or representation," and NGOs "as a subset of CSOs involved in development cooperation." Organizations that have chosen to identify as NGOs in LANDex include the Mongolian Land Management Association (MLMA), the Association of Senegalese Lawyers (AJS) and the Peruvian Center for Social Studies (CEPES). Organizations that have identified as CSOs in LANDex include the Kyrgyz Association of Forest and Land Users, the Citizen Observatory in Chile and the Center for Environment and Development (CED) in Cameroon.

What is your gender?

What is your age?

Block 1: Completeness and Accessibility of Land Registry

Block 1/3

Methodology: LANDex and Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF)

Q1: The land registry is searchable

0: The records in the registry cannot be searched by either right holder name or parcel.

1: The records in the registry can only be searched by parcel.

2: The records in the registry can only be searched by right holder name.

3: The records in the registry can be searched by both right holder name and parcel.

Q2: Land information records are easily accessed

0: Records on land rights are not publicly accessible or can only be obtained by paying an informal fee.

1: Copies or extracts of documents recording rights in property can only be obtained by intermediaries upon payment of the necessary formal fee, if any.

2: Copies or extracts of documents recording rights in property can only be obtained by intermediaries and those who can demonstrate an interest in the property upon payment of the necessary formal fee, if any.

3: Copies or extracts of documents recording rights in property can be obtained by anyone who pays the necessary formal fee, if any.

Q3: Access to records is affordable

0: Records in the registry are accessible, but only at very high cost or through an informal fee.

1: Records in the registry are accessible, but with a cost that is prohibitive for most.

2: Records in the registry are accessible, but with a minimal cost that is accessible to most.

3: Records in the registry are accessible by a citizen, at no cost.

Q4: There is a timely response to requests for accessing registry records

0: It is not unusual that an extract or copy of a record cannot be produced in response to a request as the original record cannot be located.

1: It generally takes more than 1 week after request to produce a copy or extract of documents recording rights in property.

2: Copies or extracts of documents recording rights in property can generally be obtained within 1 week of request.

3: Copies or extracts of documents recording rights in property can generally be obtained within 1 day of request.

Block 2: Public Access to Records and Disaggregation

Block 2/3

Methodology: LANDex and Trocaire (adapted)

Q1: Can the public access information about land ownership and control?

Yes

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Q2: Can land registry information be disaggregated by gender?

Yes

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Block 3: Land Deals Published

Block 3/3

Methodology: Transparency International

Q1: Does the government publish large-scale land deals and land investments?

0: No, this issue is not addressed. Large-scale land deals and land investments are not published in any form.

1: Partial, there has been only limited progress towards addressing the issue. Some aspects of large-scale land deals and land investments are published, though information is minimal.

2: Partial, there has been significant progress towards addressing the issue. Large-scale land deals and land investments are published, though information is sometimes incomplete, infrequent or missing details.

3: Yes, the issue is fully addressed. Large-scale land deals and land investments are published regularly with all relevant information included.

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Q2: Does the government publish tax or revenue it might gain from these investments?

0: No, this issue is not addressed. Tax or revenue gained from these investments are not published in any form.

1: Partial, there has been only limited progress towards addressing the issue. Some aspects of tax or revenue gained from these investments are published, though information is minimal.

2: Partial, there has been significant progress towards addressing the issue. Tax or revenue gained from these investments are published, though information is sometimes incomplete, infrequent or missing details.

3: Yes, the issue is fully addressed. Tax or revenue gained from these investments are published regularly with all relevant information included.

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