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The Land Reform in Afghanistan (LARA) project seeks to develop a robust, enduring, and Afghan-owned and managed land market framework that encourages investment and productivity growth, resolves/mitigates land-based conflict, and builds confidence in the legitimacy of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA).

The Land Titling and Economic Restructuring in Afghanistan (LTERA) project aimed to privatize state-owned enterprises and reform the real estate sector. With respect to real estate reform, the project assisted the Afghan government in the preparation of a nation-wide land policy.

This list of countries is where an Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) has been COMPLETED.

The LGAF is a diagnostic tool that is implemented at the local level in a collaborative fashion, that addresses the need for guidance to diagnose and benchmark land governance, and that is intended to help countries prioritize reforms and monitor progress over time.

The goal of this project is to increase agricultural and livestock productivity, and improve food security, for almost 170,000 rural households in selected districts of Kabul, Parwan and Logar provinces. The project also aims to reduce gender disparities by increasing the social and economic status of women. To these ends, the project focuses on enhancing productive assets, skills, services, technologies and income opportunities in the targeted households.

To support inclusive economic development in Afghanistan through improvement in the investment climate, including (i) strengthening legal and regulatory frameworks, investor protection, investment risk-sharing instruments and access to land; (ii) building partnerships and dialogue between the private sector and government; (iii) advocacy for the role of private sector in economic development; and (iv) increasing women’s access to capital, assets and business services.

The Project Development Objective is (a) to support the development of the Afghanistan land administration system; and (b) to provide the population in selected areas with improved land registration services, including issuance of Titles and Occupancy Certificates.