Geo Publication: Land Management Information Systems in the Knowledge Economy: Discussion and Guiding Principles for Africa

ECA has published for decision makers, researchers, academia and other dealing with land issues in Africa, a guide on the role of information management in formulating and implementing land policies. The publication underscores the importance of geospatial technology for the collection and maintenance of data needed for sound land administration.

In preparing this publication, a special symposium on “Land Management Information Systems in the Knowledge Economy” was organized at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from December 4 – 7, 2006. The background paper for the symposium was prepared by the Centre for Property Studies of the University of New Brunswick, Canada. Experts, mostly from Africa, prepared papers discussing various aspects of managing information about land and specific issues for Africa. The experts presented the papers and deliberated on solutions to the problems identified in their papers. These papers and deliberations contributed a great deal towards the contents of this publication.

The Earth Sciences Sector of Natural Resources Canada also contributed to this publication in many ways, including working with ECA to agree on the task brief and objectives of the publication; commissioning the background paper for the symposium (Annex I), as well as other papers; and by reviewing early drafts of this publication.

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