Submissions Accepted for Presentation at the World Bank Land and Property Research Conference 2026
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Daily Overview | |
| Location: MC 13-121 |
| 8:00am - 9:30am |
701: Pakistan: Using land records to improve agricultural productivity and credit access Location: MC 13-121 Pulse & Agri connect Digital Land records Punjab Land Records Authority, Pakistan Can LRMIS-backed micro-loans for small farmers be a bridge to formal credit? The Bank of Punjab How SMART2 can build on LRMIS to foster diversification: CM Punjab Kissan Card Department of Agriculture, Government of Punjab, Pakistan Discussion opener: Opportunities for research and analysis World Bank, United States of America |
| 9:30am - 10:00am |
Br_1: Coffee Break Location: MC 13-121 |
| 10:00am - 11:00am |
702: Ukraine: Using a farmer registry to repurpose subsidies and comply with EU accession requirements Location: MC 13-121 Chair: Dr. Klaus Deininger, World Bank, United States of America What banks need to use the PCG for smallholder lending OTP Bank Ukraine, Ukraine Prozorro.Sale - Land eAuctions: challenges encountered in implementing Prozorro.Sale, Ukraine Discussion opener: Opportunities for research and analysis World Bank Group, Germany |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
703: Ethiopia: Linking Africa's largest land registry to national ID and rural finance Location: MC 13-121 Chair: Paul Martin, World Bank Group, United States of America ATI's strategy for establishing an interoperable farmer registry to expand farmer credit Agricultural Transformation Inistitute, Ethiopia Why NRLAIS registry data are crucual for bank lending - and how they can be linked to a farmer registry Bahir Dar University/Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia How the private sector can link smallholders to value chain and catalyze lending: Experience & next steps Lersha, Ethiopia Discussion opener: Opportunities for research and analysis World Bank, United States of America |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch: Lunch Location: MC 13-121 |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm |
704: Uganda & Rwanda: Exploring the use of EUDR export certification data to confirm land rigyts & access finance Location: MC 13-121 Chair: Paul Martin, World Bank Group, United States of America Capitalizing on Rwanda's farmer registry to increase access to finance and insurance Ministry of Agriculture, Rwanda Digital public infrastructure for access to export markets via EUDR Compliance: Lessons from Uganda Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Uganda What would be needed to convert EUDR-compliant parcel coordinates into CCOs? Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development, Uganda Discussion opener: Opportunities for research and analysis University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
705: Mexico: Exploring low-cost options to update RAN records to expand access to finance by smallholders Location: MC 13-121 Chair: Pablo Zelaya, World Bank Group, Panama Chair: Ivonne Moreno, World Bank Group, United States of America Using digital processes and interoperability to modernize and protect Social Property National Agrarian Registry, Mexico How FIRA secures borrowers - and what benefits the link to a digital registry could bring Promoción de Negocios, FIRA, Mexico Can subsidies help to establish a portable digital farmer identity? Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, Mexico |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
706: Brazil: Harmonizing different registries for effective decentralization & local development Location: MC 13-121 Chair: Ivonne Moreno, World Bank Group, United States of America The World Bank’s digital program: opportunities for land data integration & revenue generation World Bank Group, Brazil The way ahead: integrating federal environmental and territorial governance Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services, Brazil Towards integration of Brazil's fragmented land data sytem: Operationalizing an integrated approach Ministry of Management and Innovation In Public Services, Brazil INCRA's contribution to improving rural property rights security National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA), Brazil, Brazil Cadaster, land and environmental regularization and registration of rural producers: An integrated approach INTERPI, Brazil Closing remarks World Bank Group, United States of America |