A GLOBAL ADMINISTRATIVE SOLUTION FOR TITLE INSECURITY: IMPLEMENTATION OF A GLOBAL TITLE & RIGHTS REGISTRYC. Kat Grimsley

Department of Land Economy

WHY? WIDESPREAD TITLE/TENURE INSECURITY EXISTS

WHY? CURRENT SOLUTIONS ARE NOT HOLISTIC

WHY? CURRENT SOLUTIONS ARE NOT HOLISTIC

• Police Enforcement

• Political Will

• Citizen Participation

•Courts• Corruption

• Legislative

WHY? CURRENT SOLUTIONS ARE NOT HOLISTIC

• Police Enforcement

• Political Will

• Citizen Participation

•Courts

» Not default to informal system (convenience, tax evasion, etc)» Have knowledge of and access to registry resources

» Recognize titled rights» Capacity to hear cases in

a timely manner

» Continued support through different regimes» At national, regional, and local levels

» Protect titled rights» Enforce court orders fairly

• Corruption

• Legislative

» Individual» Institutional

» Adapt to include new/ different forms of tenure» Consistency in regulation

State

Land Office

Registry

Titles

Citizens/ Rights Holders

Technology/ Crowd-sourcing

“Shadow” Registry

Rights Database

FORMAL INFORMAL

WHAT? A NEW SOLUTION: GTRR

State

Land Office

Registry

Titles

Citizens/ Rights Holders

Technology/ Crowd-sourcing

“Shadow” Registry

Rights Database

FORMAL INFORMAL

GTRR

WHAT? A NEW SOLUTION: GTRR

State

Land Office

Registry

Titles

Citizens/ Rights Holders

Technology/ Crowd-sourcing

“Shadow” Registry

Rights Database

FORMAL INFORMAL

GTRR

WHAT? A NEW SOLUTION: GTRR

• States»Respect sovereignty»Be a flexible tool to aid in a variety of administrative functions such as:

- Aid in resolution of repatriation, informal, communal, and cross-boundary land issues- Facilitating government-citizen dialogue/mediation- By-pass related institutional failings (court backlogs, corruption, etc)- Improve transparency- Promote new forms of tenure- Records management (including tax records)

• Citizens/ Rights Holders»Empower disadvantaged groups»Accessible to and useable for unsophisticated users»Hold government accountable for protecting title/tenure»Support regional conventions pertaining to the human right to property

• Global Administrative Community»Be of a recognized, official format»Have meaningful connection to global vision (ex: Rio +20 agenda)» Follow established global administrative precedents

HOW? IDENTIFY KEY STAKEHOLDERS

• Entity Format»Public-Private Partnership

• National Registries»Remain controlled by each state» Land Office staff are not displaced»Does NOT dictate standardized forms or title/tenure

•Reporting Requirements»County, regional, or national database synced to country-specific GTRR database»Concurrent, independent crowd-sourced property rights database

• Enforcement»Periodic comparison of state records with crowd-sourced records»Discrepancy triggers inquiry process

HOW? PROPOSED STRUCTURE

Registry Records

Crowd-sourced Rights Database

GTRRRecord Comparison

State

Citizens

Discrepancy Triggers Inquiry

Failure at Resolution Triggers Global Administrative Solution

State resolution: Court or e-ResolutionGlobal

Administrative Solution

GTRR PROCESS

Registry Records

Crowd-sourced Rights Database

GTRRRecord Comparison

State

Citizens

INITIAL PROCESS

Registry Records

Crowd-sourced Rights Database

GTRRRecord Comparison

State

Citizens

Discrepancy Triggers Inquiry

State resolution: Court or e-Resolution

SECOND CYCLE: STATE-BASED RESOLUTION

Registry Records

Crowd-sourced Rights Database

GTRRRecord Comparison

State

Citizens

Discrepancy Triggers Inquiry

Failure at Resolution Triggers Global Administrative Solution

State resolution: Court or e-ResolutionGlobal

Administrative Solution

THIRD CYCLE: GLOBAL ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION

Registry Records

Crowd-sourced Rights Database

GTRRRecord Comparison

State

Citizens

Discrepancy Triggers Inquiry

Failure at Resolution Triggers Global Administrative Solution

State resolution: Court or e-ResolutionGlobal

Administrative Solution

THIRD CYCLE: GLOBAL ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION

• Institutional competition• Technological capacity• Cultural dissonance (discomfort at change)• Legal• Political• Long implementation time horizon

BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION

FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS: CLUSTERING ALGORITHM

FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS: CLUSTERING ALGORITHM

Cluster 3 Cluster 4

Cluster 1 Cluster 2

FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS: CASE STUDIES

Cluster 1: Uruguay

Cluster 2: Kyrgyzstan

Cluster 3: Ireland

Cluster 4: Thailand

THANK YOU

C. Kat GrimsleyDoctoral CandidateQueens’ Collegeckm30@cam.ac.uk

Department of Land EconomyUniversity of Cambridge

WHAT? A NEW SOLUTION: GTRR

Vision:• New response to titling & tenure problems• Harness existing technology• Embrace global administration & international best practices• Remove dependency on State while maintaining sovereignty• Account for different forms of title and tenure • Avoid creation of “empty institutions”• Sustainable• Accessible• Transparent• Holistic