Less than a third of people in developing countries own or have any official right to the land they live on. Groups like UN-Habitat and its partners are working on a simple way to secure land rights for millions of people.
不到三分之一的发展中国家人民对自己依存的土地拥有正式权利。联合国人居署及其合作伙伴等组织正在研究一种简单的方法来确保数百万人的土地权利。
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Poor people can then use the land as security to get bank loans. Land records can also show foreign investors that the land and the rights of those on it are legally secure. Foreign demand has increased in recent years for agricultural land in Africa, Asia and South America. UN-Habitat official Clarissa Augustinus in Nairobi, Kenya, explains why land records are so important.
这样，穷人就可以用土地作为抵押获得银行贷款。土地记录可以向国外投资者表明土地及其权利拥有法律保障。近年来，国外非洲，亚洲和南美洲农业用地的需求有所增加。联合国人居署驻肯尼亚首都内罗毕的官员克拉丽莎·奥古斯解释了土地记录如此重要的原因。
