The present study reports on theGovernment of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau's effortsto develop a comprehensive strategy for enhancing landrights security and achieving social and economicdevelopment objectives. This report is divided into two mainparts. The first part summarizes the current state ofdevelopment of the government s land policy, as well as thelegal and traditional framework existing for land tenuresecurity. It further presents the institutional environmentand technical conditions regarding the implementation of theland law and general land regulation draft. The second partpresents and analyzes the government action plan. Specificrecommendations are made concerning the basic structure andmain elements of a national land administration and landmanagement program, which could comprise three components:(i) the development of a nationwide cadastral system as thecore infrastructure and land administration instrument, (ii)the harmonization and integration of traditional andofficial right systems and institutions, and (iii)subsidiary support to land management capacities, which arecrucial for the implementation of the two previouscomponents. Several cross-cutting issues like gender,conflict management, environmental aspects and sustainableresource management are interlaced with the technicalelements of land tenure development and consideredthroughout the report.
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