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Data should include maps of lands with parcel layer and display parcel boundaries in addition to a land registry with information on transactions of parcels of land. The assessment criteria were developed in collaboration with Cadasta Foundation. For more information on land ownership datasets and where they're located, see Cadasta Foundation's Data Overview](https://cadasta.org/open-data/overview-of-property-rights-data/).
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| Downloadable | No | Data are available in an interactive map, clikable online for different region and district. Then you have to note on paper if you need details for all the 22 regions for example. Data are available from 2006 until February 2018. |
| Publicly available | Yes | |
| Openly licenced | No | There is no licence documented. Only a copyright note from 2012 is on the website. |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| In an open and machine-readable format | ||
| location | https://www.observatoire-foncier.mg/cartegf.php - Officiel website of national land observatory in Madagascar | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| findable_steps | Direct search for the name "Observatoire foncier à Madagascar" to see if they have data available. | |
| characteristics | None of the above | Data available are only : - number of land certificates delivered per year per dictrict per region - number of land certificates delivered for WOMEN per year per dictrict per region - Total area in Hectares of certified land per year per dictrict per region - Total number of land certificate request received by the Agency. |
| Controlled access | Yes | |
| Collector name | Observatoire du Foncier à Madagascar |
Observatoire du Foncier (OF): In 2005 Madagaskar had a land reform. The OF provides analysis of the impact of this reform. To monitor Land Governance in Madagaskar, the World Bank and others developed statistical systems to capture, among others an update frequency of certificates handed out to use state-owned land (see here page 11: https://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLGA/Resources/LGAF_Monitoring_Final_Report.pdf ). The system to collect data on these transactions is apparently already up and running since 2013 at least. Researcher identified further indicators around land governance, which seem to correspond with the World Bank’s LGAF assessment of Madagaskar’s land reform: number of land certificates delivered per year per district per region number of land certificates delivered for WOMEN per year per district per region Total area in Hectares of certified land per year per district per region Total number of land certificate request received by the Agency.