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Title Access to Urban Land by the Poor: What do we need to know about policies, land management instruments and strategies to make it work? Day / Time Thursday, June 22nd / 13:30 - 15:30 Room MR13 Event Description The magnitude and persistence of informality is one emblematic aspect of urban land markets in Third-world cities. It seems to be both an effect and a cause of high land prices. A number of factors limit access to land. Land prices are just too high compared to average family incomes and equivalent prices in developed countries. The latter may be attributed to informality growing more rapidly than poverty despite large scale government-sponsored regularization programs and citywide settlement upgrading programs. It is apparent we are losing ground on generating more socially responsible alternatives for informality and slum formation. The growth rate of informal settlements is still higher than the solutions provided through formal programs. This event will focus on the two complementary sides of the response to this problem. Session Language English Speakers (information as provided by host organization) Claudio Acioly Jr., IHS Senior Housing & Land Expert, Coordinator Specialisation Housing Martim Smolka, Senior Fellow and Cochairman, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Director LA Program Anna Maria Gonzalez, PHILSSA, Philippines   Contact Need more information about this event? Please fill the contact form Related Documents (in English and / or French) Host Organization IHS-Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cordaid and COHRE Host Organization Description IHS-INSTITUTE FOR HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES is an international centre of excellence associated with the Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and operating on a global scale that offers specialized post graduate education, training, advisory services and applied research in the fields of urban management, housing and urban environment. LILP-LINCOLN INSTITUTE OF LAND POLICY is a non-profit and tax-exempt educational institution established in 1974, with headquarters in Cambridge, USA. Its mission as a school is to study and teach land policy, including land economics and land taxation. CORDAID is an international developmental NGO inspired by social values, respect for life, solidarity and love for human kind that strive for poverty reduction, justice and peace. PHILLSA-PARTNERSHIP OF PHILIPPINE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. is a network of NGO’s operating in the Philippines whose works focuses on the access to land by the poor. COHRE-CENTRE ON HOUSING RIGHTS AND EVICTIONS engages itself to the promotion and protection of the right to housing for everyone, everywhere and encompasses training, research and publications, monitoring, prevention and documentation of forced evictions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This network event is closely linked with a global research carried out by IHS in close cooperation with Cordaid and its NGO partners in Lima (Peru), Recife (Brazil), Tirana (Albania), Awassa (Ethiopia), Nairobi (Kenya), Yaounde (Cameroon), and Davao (Philippines). City audits were carried out in these cities to disclose participatory channels, Government-community-NGO policy dialogues and the roles of NGO's in designing pro-poor policies. Access to land and infrastructure has been a common issue in these cities. The cases are presented in form of a book and CDRom to be distributed during/after the debate. Website (Organizer and partners) www.ihs.nl www.lincolninst.edu www.cordaid.com www.cohre.org

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