ABSTRACT
Weak land governance hinders the advances towards the sustainability of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Global South. This is evident when assessing land-related challenges in Africa and Latin America. In light of these challenges, this chapter analyses the extent to which stakeholders’ perceptions on sustainable development correlate to their perceptions on land governance. To do so, global datasets on international governance indicators from the World Bank and Transparency International are analysed and compared in both regions, and then contrasted with qualitative data from debates, interviews and focus group discussions with 134 stakeholders. Results demonstrate that governance is a key foundation of the three pillars of sustainable development, although not specified as such; global datasets on international indicators are better understood when put into a regional context and transnational land governance is the most direct path towards sustainability. Based on the similarities and differences, we provide recommendations for transnational policy development.
