In his insghtfull but unfinished work, Dharm Narain drew attention to the behavior of prices as one of the important factors determining the extent of poverty in rural India. His empirical investigations, summarized in Gunvant Desai's contribution to this volume (chap. 1), provide strong prima facie evidence of such influence. Dharm Narain found that rural poverty is not only inversely related to the level of output per head of the rural population, as established in Ahluwalia (1978a), but also positively related to the level of prices.

The enclosure of open rangeland and its allocation to individuals or groups is a component of many African livestock development projects. In project after project, however, pastoralists have declined to fence or reallocate ownership of their land according to project specifications. It would now appear that the promise of a more efficient system of livestock production and range management is not, in itself, sufficient to induce pastoralists to adopt a fenced system of ranching.

The objective of this Law, which includes 28 articles and 3 provisional articles in 3 sections, is to make provision for the following matters: (1) Productive cultivation of the land and increase employment in these areas; (2) Distribution of land to landless farmers or farmers with insufficient land; support and training to farmers; (3) Small land integration for productive cultivation; (4) Creation of new settlement locations and enlargement of existing settlement areas; (5) When necessary, rearrangement of land for other purposes.

The objective of this Law is to specify which movable and immovable cultural and natural assets shall be preserved and to establish an organization which will implement provisions of this Law and to determine its functions (art. 1). "Natural assets" are defined as "valuables from geological, pre-historic and historic are, on surface, under the ground or under water, of which the preservation is essential due to their unique features and beauty". All assets covered by this Law which are known, or shall be discovered in the future, will be considered as state property (art. 5).

Programa Conjunto de Asentamientos Humanos

This Law regulates State Institutions. It consists of 5 chapters divided into 34 articles establishing the requirements to be met in order to create a State Institution (Frelimo's Party). This Law specifies: creation of State Institutions (Chap. 1); planning and control (2); Organization (3); Financial management (4); and Final provisions (5).

The Antigua and Barbuda Constitution Order 1981, which came into effect on 31 October 1981, was promulgated simultaneously with the country's formal independence from Britain. It Consists of 127 Sections divided in ten Chapters: The State and the Constitution (I); Protection of Fundamental Rights andFreedoms of the Individual (II); The Governor-General (III); Parliament (IV); Executive Powers (V); Finance (VI); The Public Service (VII); Citizenship (VII); Judicial Provisions (IX) and Miscellaneous (X).

This Law allows a person empowered in writing to enter public land in order to examine the possession or use thereof and the right of the possessor or user to use it. Under sections 4 a person empowered may require information not in his possession relating to the public land by requesting the possessor or user to deliver the information. In case of unlawful public land occupation and under ascertainment the unlawful occupier may be requested to relinquish and such an order may be treated as a judgment for ejection.

This Law establishes the power of the Ministry of Justice and the Minister of Religious Affairs to make regulations as to land transactions for the purpose of observing the Sabbatical year. Such regulations shall apply notwithstanding anything provided in the Land Law 1969 or in any other law.

The amendment of section 110 of the principal Law refers to reserved land. Section 2 which is an addition to section 135 allows to amend registration of area or boundaries, under specified conditions. Section 4 amends section 168 of the principal Law as concerns registration of an area or boundaries of unsettled land. Section 5 establishes validation of acts as concerns the registration of the boundaries or area of an unsettled land.

Cette loi porte liquidation de tous les droits d'enzel grevant les immeubles à vocation agricole ainsi que toutes les inscriptions correspondantes aux droits d'enzel figurant sur tous les titres de propriété des immeubles à vocation agricole. Les débienzélistes sont déclarés titulaires de la pleine propriété des immeubles à vocation agricoles. Ces dispositions sont étendues aux rentes de " kirdar" grevany les immeubles à vocation agricole.