@article{MIHGO:334498,
      recid = {334498},
      author = {MIHGO, David and Magina, Fredrick Bwire},
      title = {THE ROLE OF OPEN DATA AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN PROPERTY  MANAGEMENT IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD. THE CASE OF RWANDA.},
      journal = {African Journal of Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences},
      address = {2022-03-01},
      number = {2367-2023-1052},
      month = {Mar},
      year = {2022},
      abstract = {The study examined the role of open data and digital  technology in property management in urban and rural land  in Rwanda in order to increase land tenure security and  minimize land related problems. Open and closed questions  were developed and addressed to the community and local  administrative authorities to provide views on how open  data and digital technology can facilitate property  management for sustainable land administration. Interviews  on socio-demographics were carried out to get an  understanding on the role of open data and digital  transformation and their trickle-down effects on property  management. Respondents comprised 54% with university  education while the rest hold non-university education. In  terms of gender, 60% of the respondents were women while  40% were men. Results have shown that land administration  systems and change in land policy to record, manage and  store land information has addressed the question of land  conflict in the country as opposed to the customary land  tenure security which existed before 1994 when land  administration system was instituted in the country. The  system has solved about 87% of the land associated problems  and it has contributed on land tenure security. In  addition, the technology has created 10,000 jobs to  graduates; lowering down poverty level which is currently  stands at USD 1.90 per day. Through the application of land  administration system, the government has collected beyond  70% of property taxes compared to customary land tenure  management system which was adopted before 1990’s. Lack of  open data systems in property management particularly land  related conflicts, financial capacity, experts and  community empowerment remain obstacles. The paper concludes  that open data and digital technology in property  management have substantially yielded positive results in  the country despite the challenges which still exist. In  order to make more improvements, the study recommends on  the: (1) creation of open land data and information  management system to facilitate navigation of land data and  related information for easy accessibility by all land  users; (2) use of emerging digital technologies to collect  and store land data for future development projects; (3)  community empowerments in terms of technical skills to  manage the use of new technologies and open land data  systems to minimize land problems. },
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/334498},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.334498},
}