(Ecofin Agency) - The World Bank has scheduled its upcoming annual Land and Poverty conference for March 20-24, 2017. Themed “Responsible Land Governance: towards an evidence-based approach”, the conference will be held in Washington DC, at the institution’s offices.

The Bretton Woods institution on its website said: “The Land and Poverty conference will present the latest research and practice on the diversity of reforms, interventions, and innovations in the land sector around the world. The focus is on the role of data and evidence for realizing land policy reform, identify strategies for working at scale and monitoring achievements”

Let’s highlight that the Land and Poverty conference is one of the world’s major events on land governance. This year, more than 1,200 participants are expected to attend the event. These include officials, scholars, members of the civic society and the private sector.

Souha Touré