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As the largest country wholly within Europe, possessing an abundance of fertile soil, land governance in Ukraine holds great importance to future economic development and prosperity. Already the government has privatized urban housing units and three-quarters of its agricultural land, with provisions for citizens to apply for private land rights to certain categories of remaining public lands. However, key challenges in land administration remain, notably in the establishment of conditions for the lifting of the moratorium on agricultural land transactions. Likewise, ambiguities and overlaps in the functions of land management institutions require clarification, land policy formulation and implementation require greater public participation, and land dealings require additional mechanisms for transparency and accountability. In order to evaluate and prioritize these issues more systematically, country experts utilized the Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) developed by the World Bank and its partners. This chapter synthesizes and summarizes the key findings of the LGAF process in Ukraine and outlines proposals for moving forward. The next section explains the methodology of the LGAF, while the third section provides background information on Ukraine and key issues in its land governance. The fourth section presents the results of the Ukraine LGAF panel discussions and validation meetings. Part five offers recommendations for prioritizing land policy improvements,
