Implementing Land Trust in Bangladesh as a Strategy for Financing Infrastructure and Sustainable Land Management

Implementing Land Trust in Bangladesh as a Strategy for Financing Infrastructure and Sustainable Land Management
Author: Monzur Hossain
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019
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As Bangladesh is a densely populated and land-scarce country, a land trust method can be applied in order to ensure productive and sustainable land management. We argue that land trust can be applied to managing agricultural land, khas land, real estate, and a delta in a sustainable manner in Bangladesh. The benefits of land trust include containing the spiraling of land prices, effective use of land, and ensuring a higher return from land. The main challenges for implementing land trust in Bangladesh include the lack of a legal and regulatory framework, lack of definition and scope of land trust, and weaknesses in land governance. We also argue that Bangladesh could even broaden the scope of traditional land trust to overcome financing bottlenecks of infrastructure investments. In these contexts, this paper discusses various methods of land trusts, challenges and opportunities of its implementation with some empirical evidences.

Digital Transformation and Economic Development in Bangladesh

Digital Transformation and Economic Development in Bangladesh
Author: Monzur Hossain
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2022-09-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811927537

This book assesses the digital Bangladesh initiative of the government through different lenses: supply-side and demand-side perspectives and policy diffusions. The Bangladesh government has been pursuing a big-push policy for digitalization, namely the “Digital Bangladesh Vision,” since 2009 as a shifting development strategy to leapfrog into the next level of development with the leverage of demographic dividend. However, historical anecdotes, dictated policy, international success stories and other related issues could lead to a rethinking on ICT-based development strategy. The content of the book draws on the author’s long-standing research works on ICTs and economic growth in Bangladesh.

Unlocking Land Values to Finance Urban Infrastructure

Unlocking Land Values to Finance Urban Infrastructure
Author: George E. Peterson
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821377108

Land-based financing of urban infrastructure is growing in importance in the developing world. Why is it so difficult to finance urban infrastructure investment, when land values typically increase by more than the cost of investment? Unlocking Land Values to Finance Urban Infrastructure examines the theory underlying different instruments of land-based finance, such as betterment levies, developer exactions, impact fees, and the exchange of publicly owned land assets for infrastructure. It provides a wealth of case-study illustrations of how different land-based financing tools have been implemented, and the lessons learned from these experiences. This practical guide is designed to help expand the role of land-based financing in urban capital budgets in a way that strengthens urban infrastructure finance and urban land markets.

Bangladesh's Macroeconomic Policy

Bangladesh's Macroeconomic Policy
Author: Monzur Hossain
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2020-02-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811512442

This book provides valuable insights on issues pertaining to current macroeconomic policy debates and challenges in Bangladesh. It evaluates various macroeconomic policies and reflects on a future direction in terms of four central themes: (i) Macroeconomic Policy, Growth and Poverty; (ii) Monetary and Fiscal Policy; (iii) International Trade and Finance; and (iv) Finance and Growth. Given its scope, the book will serve as a useful resource for academics and macroeconomic practitioners whose work involves developing countries.

Equitable Land Use for Asian Infrastructure

Equitable Land Use for Asian Infrastructure
Author: Piyush Tiwari
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 570
Release: 2020-02-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9784899742098

Developing Asia's demand for high-quality, integrated infrastructure requires a steady but equitable supply of land. However, obtaining rights over land can be complicated by hurdles imposed by geography, settlement patterns, conflicting cultures, sociopolitical factors, and land use problems unique to each country. This timely volume identifies policies that can balance the rights and interests of first nations' peoples, informal settlers, and rural landowners against the development imperatives of land procurement for the greater public good. It provides instructive case studies of the state of Asian land registration, eminent domain, and redevelopment in situations of vulnerable communities. The collected chapters also propose and assess some promising models that might be customized to local conditions, such as long-term land leasing with options to buy. This is a companion volume to ADBI Press' pioneering series of titles (all available through Brookings Press)--Infrastructure for a Seamless Asia; Financing Infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific: Capturing Impacts and New Sources; and Principles of Infrastructure: Case Studies and Best Practices. This volume will be of interest to policymakers, practitioners, academics, and students.

Challenges of Sustainable Land Management in Bangladesh

Challenges of Sustainable Land Management in Bangladesh
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2002
Genre: Agricultural productivity
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On land suitability for agriculture in Bangladesh; a study under the Land Quality Assessment Project of Department of Soil, Water, and Environment, University of Dhaka.

Land Administration for Sustainable Development

Land Administration for Sustainable Development
Author: I. P. Williamson
Publisher: ESRI Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Land use
ISBN: 9781589480414

Through its presentation of a holistic view of land management for sustainable development, this text outlines basic principles of land administration applicable to all countries and their divergent needs.

Untying the Land Knot

Untying the Land Knot
Author: Xiaofang Shen
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2012-06-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 082138970X

Access to well-secured, well-zoned and well-serviced land is a crucial condition for industrial and commercial investment. In many developing countries, where the land market remains underdeveloped and the land governance framework is weak, systemic policy and institutional reforms are needed to bring security, efficiency and transparency to the process of business access to land. Land policy reform is challenging, politically, institutionally and technically. It must balance business, social and environmental imperatives to succeed. Empirical evidence suggests that a pragmatic approach taking one step at a time with prioritized targets while keeping the long-term objectives in sight helps mitigate risks, speed up the investment process, and bring economic benefits to broad population. These successful first steps can also prepare the path for more comprehensive reforms.