Land Matters: Can Better Governance and Management of Scarcity Prevent a Looming Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa?

by World Bank and Anna Corsi

Across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), land is scarce and valuable. Demand for land is projected to dramatically increase to meet the needs of a fast-growing urban population. At the same time, the supply of land is restricted by weak governance and climate factors, causing the quasi-exhaustion of cultivable land reserves. As a result, a crisis is looming. Yet, land continues to be used inefficiently, inequitably, and unsustainably. 'Land...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464816611
• ISBN13: 9781464816611
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.5"