Valuation and Registration of Customary Land in Papua New Guinea

dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Timen_US
dc.coverage.countryPapua New Guineaen_US
dc.coverage.regionPacific and Australiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T14:34:54Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T14:34:54Z
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.date.submitted2006-09-25en_US
dc.date.submitted2006-09-25en_US
dc.description.abstract"This paper considers what an opportunity cost valuation of customary land can tell us about the pressures for land registration in Papua New Guinea. The discussion here presents a historical perspective on land registration, introduces land disputes and land markets in PNG, explains an opportunity cost valuation of land, and then suggest ways in which such valuations can help us interpret the processes of land registration. Calculations on the economic value of customary land draws on data from pilot surveys of land use in two provinces (Madang and Oro). This opportunity cost valuation demonstrates that low financial returns mislead and lease valuations probably greatly underestimate the real value of productive land in PNG. The historical experience of land registration in Africa does not support the current promises of rural credit, greater security of title and greater agricultural productivity through land registration. Further, evidence on the existing value of subsistence and cash crop production, when compared with the current value of land leases, suggests a great undervaluation of customary land is taking place. The paper concludes that the historical record on registration, combined with opportunity cost valuations, places a strong onus on the advocates of land registration to answer specific questions over the serious risks to small landowning families in Papua New Guinea."en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdatesJune 19-23, 2006en_US
dc.identifier.citationconferenceSurvival of the Commons: Mounting Challenges and New Realities, the Eleventh Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Propertyen_US
dc.identifier.citationconflocBali, Indonesiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationmonthJuneen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/1180
dc.subjectIASCen_US
dc.subjectindigenous institutionsen_US
dc.subjectland tenure and useen_US
dc.subjectvaluationen_US
dc.subjectcosten_US
dc.subjectmarketsen_US
dc.subject.sectorLand Tenure & Useen_US
dc.subject.sectorSocial Organizationen_US
dc.submitter.emailelsa_jin@yahoo.comen_US
dc.titleValuation and Registration of Customary Land in Papua New Guineaen_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US

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