The Role of Land Banks in Land Redistribution for Agrarian Reform

Abstract

Land Bank is a special agency established by the government to manage land. In this case, the land bank guarantees the availability of land in the framework of a fair economy. Land banks are authorized to provide land for public interests, social interests, national development interests, economic equity, land consolidation and agrarian reform. This paper aims to describe the pros and cons of establishing a land bank and describe the role of land bank in land redistribution for agrarian reform. The method used is a normative juridical approach with emphasis on secondary data which is analyzed qualitatively. The result of the study shows the pros and cons of establishing a land bank, partly because the goal of the land bank is to provide land for the economy and investment, while the goal of agrarian reform is to reorganize the structure of tenure, ownership, utilization, and more equitable use of land through asset management and accompanied by arrangement of access to the prosperity of Indonesian people. The role of land bank in land redistribution for agrarian reform is to provide land availability for agrarian reform of at least 30% of the state land allocated to the land bank.