The Deeds Registry in Guyana, its legal and institutional framework with recommendations for promoting transaction efficiency

The paper provides an overview of the Deeds Registry system and its legal framework in Guyana. It also focuses upon the inefficiencies in the processing of land transactions and in the system of record-keeping and availability of relevant land information attributable largely to lack of human and material resources. Proposals are made to remove these constraints, simplify procedures and to strengthen institutional capacity.