African land tenure problems, just like those of the African family, are exceedingly complex and baffling. With its ethnic diversity, Cameroon is an inextricable tangle of different concepts of title to land. Yet, except in the overpopulated areas and some times in the towns, the tensions stemming from land tenure problems were practically unknown in Cameroon until about thirty years ago. Owing to economic development and particularly the overpopulation of certain sectors, and the development of the towns, the government was forced to intervene in land tenure questions.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJune, 1971Cameroon
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsMarch, 1971Africa
The development of the Czechoslovak cadastre can be followed for hundreds of years, because its roots go as far back as the middle Ages. In the written records the area, land sort (cultivation, culture), value class, cadastral output, tenant and his habitation are given for each land. The establishment of cadastre always needs -that there should be a real conception on keeping it up-to-date.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1971Madagascar, Africa
"The word cadastre is the technical term signifying the surveying of parcels of land, establishing their area, value and ownership (or any other title of occupancy)". This definition seems to deal only with the topographical aspect of the system, in other words, the demarcation of a group of parcels, with their area, their boundaries and the name of the owner. In Madagascar, in addition to this demarcation, the owner must establish his title by an official instrument.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsAugust, 1971Africa
The objective of this project is to obtain quantitative means to ascertain the economic magnitude of the future development effort which will be needed in order to accommodate the growth of African towns and cities as measured against Qualitative indices expressed in terms of levels of physical development.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsApril, 1971Tunisia, Africa
The Industrial Development Board at its fourth session-'recommended to the General Assembly the convening of a Special International Conference of UNIDO immediately after the fifth session of the Board. The General Assembly subsequently decided 8 June 1971 in Vienna.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsAugust, 1971Chad, Africa
As in many of the States of Equatorial-Africa, Chad's system of public
and private land tenure is based on the French decree of 28 March 1699 and on the subsequent modifying texts. This system has not been very successful and Africans have proudly clung on to their respective "concessions", because they enjoyed a material hold over the land (habitation, farming, grazing, fishing m -certain water courses), until i960 and beyond.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsApril, 1971Africa
The programme of work of the ECA/FAO Joint Agriculture Division outlined in the programme of work and priorities, 1971-1973 with projections to 1976 and presented by the Chief of the Division.that the development of intra—African trade in agricultural products offers great prospects for surmounting the problems raised by the unsteady and falling prices of the traditional export products in the world
market and for the expansion of agricultural production.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1971
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 1971
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksFebruary, 1971
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