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Barra, Alvaro Federico

Global Practice for Urban, Rural, Social, and Resilience, The World Bank
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Last updated: January 31, 2023
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Alvaro Federico Barra is a land administration/geospatial specialist at the World Bank Since joining the World Bank in 2008, he has been involved in numerous geospatial/economics knowledge and analytical products for the Africa Region, where he applied these innovative techniques in several sectors, including infrastructure; urban, rural, and social development; environment; and agriculture. Before joining the World Bank, he worked as a consultant at the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), Winrock International, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina) and an MS degree in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, United States).
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    Support to the Sierra Leone Land Agenda: Policy Note
    (World Bank, Washington, DC, 2019-06-01) Ahene, Rexford; Bagdonavicius, Arvydas; Barra, Alvaro Federico; Galpin, Claire
    Land administration in Sierra Leone is a complex issue. The current process of registration in Freetown is ineffective and disorganized, leading to a widening gap in the credibility of both the cadaster and registry. Surveying quality is inadequate due to lack of trained surveyors in modern electronic surveying and mapping techniques, and a shortage of equipment. Most of the confusion and contradictions dominating the typology of land issues in the provinces emanates from the general absence of well-established cadastral boundaries. The new national lands policy of Sierra Leone aspires to gradually formalize land transactions while respecting the customary systems. Mandatory land transaction recording and registration can be an effective step towards the implementation of land related policy. In parallel, communication and sensitization campaigns will be carried out to avoid situations where ignorance of the requirement to register land on a first served basis may violate the rights of genuine land owners because their land can be registered to somebody more familiar with the system. Government decentralization and empowerment of municipalities should improve the process efficiency. A Crucial requirement in order to build an effective and modern land administration and management system is to abandon the manual recording system and move towards a digital and computerized one.
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    Transport, Economic Growth, and Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Spatial Analysis
    (World Bank, Washington, DC, 2016-01-13) Damania, Richard; Barra, Alvaro Federico; Burnouf, Mathilde; Russ, Jason Daniel
    The purpose of this study is to demonstrate several techniques which can be used to evaluate pathways to sustainable growth in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) via infrastructure improvement. Decades of conflict and neglect have left the DRC’s transport infrastructure amongst the sparsest and most dilapidated in the world.