An overview of land tools in Sub-Saharan Africa: past, present and future
Augustinus, Clarissa
UN-HABITAT has a global mandate to assist Member States around the world to deliver security of tenure, especially to the urban poor. The tool used by UNHABITAT to fulfil this mandate is the Global Campaign for Secure Tenure, which campaign has contributed to the funding of this workshop. The Global Campaign for Secure Tenure has a huge task, as among the greatest challenges facing humankind in the new millennium is rapid urbanisation and increasing poverty, both of which are closely linked to land. Based on UN-HABITATTs estimates, since 1950 mankind has endured its most rapid expansion, from 2.5 billion to 6 billion people. UN-HABITAT estimates that of these 6 billion people, a total of about 924 million people lived in the worldds urban slums in 2001.
Event: FIG HABITAT ISK CASLE Expert Group Meeting on Secure Land Tenure : New Legal Frameworks and Tools
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