How do land management and administration benefit society? support of governance and the rule of law alleviation of poverty security of tenure support for formal land markets security for credit support for land and property taxation protection of state lands management of land disputes improvement of land-use planning and implementation improvement of infrastructure for human. [...] exclusively) in the developing countries of Unfortunately, conventional government Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbe- land administration systems do not provide an as well as in the transitional economies security of tenure to the majority of the of Central Asia and Eastern Europe. [...] The african union and gLTn’s principLes Joint Conference of African union develop appropriate systems of docu- Ministers of Agriculture, Land and mentation and securing land rights Livestock to facilitate ease of recognition and proof of access/ownership of land; This conference recommended member states to: harmonize and clarify linkage between land and sectoral policies; recognize the mult. [...] un-haBiTaT’s commiTmenT To Land un-habitat’s mandate includes address- Resolution 59/239 (implementation ing land issues to improve the lives of of the outcome of the un confer- poor people in urban and rural areas ence on human settlements (haBiTaT by securing land and property rights for ii) and strengthening of the united all. [...] The 1996 Istanbul declaration on Human Settlements and the Habitat Agenda un-habitat’s commitment to the land goals and principles, commitments and agenda was reaffirmed in its restructur- the global plan of action (un-habitat ing in 2011, which created a Land and 1996a and b).
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