Overview Articles and Declarations Concerning Cadastral Systems in Developing Countries

Guidelines for the Improvement of Land Registration and Land-Information Systems in Developing Countries
An introductory article from United Nations files on the benefits of land tenure and land titling systems to economically emerging nations, 1990.

Weighing the Benefits: When Does Formal Titling of Land Justify the Costs?

This article explains circumstances under which the benefits of formal land titling are likely to outweigh the drawbacks and describes other circumstances where the reverse is likely.

FIG Statement on the Cadastre

Benefits of Good Land Administration / Land Administration Guidelines (See Documentation link)

Inventory of Land Administration Systems in Europe and North America / Key Aspects of Registration and Cadastral Registration Part 1  Part 2  Includes detailed survey responses from 36 nations.

Prepared by UNECE Committee on Human Settlements Working Party on Land Administration

The Bogor Declaration

18-22 March, 1996

The New Dehli Declaration

Jan 17-19, 1996

Oct 25, 1999

Land Tenure in Development Cooperation

Privatization in Georgia

Sample task order affiliated with a request for proposal in privatizing land in a newly independent state.

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