Jemal, Abagissa (PhD)Tariku, Yinesu2019-10-262023-11-042019-10-262023-11-042019-05http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/19622A thesis submitted to the Department of Public Administration and Management of Addis Ababa University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters in Public Management and Policy.Land banks are governmental organization that are established for the purpose of converting vacant, abandoned and foreclosed properties into useful factor of production. Land banking was officially established in Addis Ababa city in 2009/2010 under the urban development, banking and urban renewal project office of Addis Ababa city. The land banking practice has been facing a number of challenges since its establishment. This study was undertaking with the main objective of identifying the main challenges of land banking practice in kolfe keranyo sub city of Addis Ababa city. Stratified random sampling and purposive sampling techniques were used to get appropriate data and address the main objective of the study. The study has found out that the main challenges of land banking in kolfe keranyo sub city in particular and Addis Ababa city in general include poor organizational structure, lack of modern land information system, weak financial sources, lack of skilled manpower and weak urban governance system. Since land banking has lots of advantages of economic development of the sub city and has good future development, the government of Ethiopia has to give special attention for the promotion of land banking and effective use of land resources in order to address the future need of urban land for various development activities and achieve governmental plans of the country.en-USkolfe keranyo sub cityland banking and challengesThesis