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标题：COUNTRY PROFILES OF LAND TENURE: AFRICA, 1996
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作者：Bruce, John W.
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：1998
期号：SUPPL
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：The present report is a regional synthesis completed as a component of the Land Tenure Center’s “Africa Land Tenure Profiles” project undertaken at the request of USAID. The tenure profiles project divides sub-Saharan Africa into three regions: the Greater Horn, Southern Africa, and West Africa. West Africa, as defined within the context of this project, includes a region bordered by the Sahelian states to the north, the West African coast (though Cape Verde, an island nation off the coast, is included), and the Central African states of Gabon, the Congo, Zaire, and the Central African Republic, stretching far to the south and east and occupying a space that is generally not considered to be a part of West Africa. This vast zone features dramatic and countless variations in climate, environment, ethnicity, cultural expressions, and social institutions. The region includes 22 countries, 15 of which are commonly classified as Francophone, 5 as Anglophone, and 2 as Lusophone. One might note as well that two tiny countries of West Africa—Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé and Principe—are not included among the countries profiled.