Land policy, administration andmanagement are areas of strong client demand for technicaladvice and operational support. This review sought to helpthe Bank better position itself to present coherent adviceon policy, institutional arrangements and practice. Thepotential implications are a lowering of reputational riskto the Bank; greater efficiency in the process includingjoint data gathering; and building of greater momentum andownership of national land policy dialogues. The reviewfound that dialogues are not as divergent as initiallythought. Positions that are central to the Bank'smessage on tenure security, land market efficiencies,administrative integration, proactive and economicallyefficient land use management and encouragement of rentalmarkets, all receive consonant reflection from theprescriptive policy advice generated by the Bank. The reviewnotes that especially in democratic environments, policyprescriptions are to be judged in the dynamics of politicaleconomy and that land is one component where the bargainingbecomes most contested. Finally the review suggests the needto go beyond the desk review that was possible in thisundertaking and to use more extensive consultations withtask team leaders and sector managers to convert thebackground paper produced under the current exercise into aposition paper with a wider audience.
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