The session explored strategies to curb informal urban expansion by involving rural councils in proactive land pooling and subdivision, highlighting approaches from diverse global contexts. The discussion opened with Shlomo Angel's presentation on "Laying out the urban periphery before it is occupied," emphasizing the importance of preemptive urban planning to guide orderly growth at the city’s edges.

The document titled "An Act to Establish the Land Rights Law of 2018, Republic of Liberia," which was approved on September 19, 2018, and published on October 10, 2018, provides a detailed legal framework for land ownership and rights in Liberia. This comprehensive document covers a wide range of land rights topics, including general provisions, ownership and other rights in land, proof, protection, registration, regulation of land use, and private ownership of land.