cover image: The political economy of land access for large-scale solar photovoltaic projects in Ghana Summary

The political economy of land access for large-scale solar photovoltaic projects in Ghana Summary

3 Oct 2024

Based examines investors' experiences with land on these findings, the brief offers key policy acquisition processes, as well as the responses recommendations to address the challenges of host communities to the introduction of and enhance the development of utility-scale solar PV projects. [...] Source: [Authors' construct 2023] The Land Acquisition Process The procedure for registering a land title at the Prior to the completion of a sale, the vendor Lands Commission is as follows. [...] buyer will apply for a composite search at the However, often no such title exists, and the Lands Commission through the Client Service buyer must therefore trust their instincts and Access Unit (CSAU) to ascertain the actual and the goodwill of the vendor. [...] The It is then the responsibility of the buyer to signed land title certificate is then recorded regularise the transaction by getting all the in the Commission’s database, and bound, lease documents processed. [...] Investors and developers explained There have been suggestions that local that legal compliance, which is the last stage community members, in the mid- to long- of the land registration process, is the most term, receive training to build their capacity to difficult part of the acquisition process.

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10
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United Kingdom

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