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Preparation of Framework Document for Human Settlement Development
This project is for the resettlement, reconstruction and rehabilitation of conflict-affected Sierra Leoneans including returning IDPs, ex-combatants and the non-displaced population.
Location:Sierra Leone
Branch: Regional Office for Africa and the Arab States,
Partner: National Commission for Reconstruction, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Ministry for Lands, Housing, Town and Country Planning and Environment United Nations Development Programme (UNEP) United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)
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Sierra Leone NEWS

Transparency in land administration
Kumasi, Ghana - 30/01/2008

Some 30 participants from the West Africa region last week congregated at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), for a an eye-opening training on transparency in land administration. Organised jointly by UN-HABITAT and the International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) the workshop attracted participants from Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

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STATISTICAL OVERVIEW
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Urbanisation
  Total Population: 5m
  Urban population: 37%
  Slum to urban population: 96%
  Annual population growth rates:
  Urban: 3%
  Slum: 4%
(2001 estimates)
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Slum Indicators
% urban population with access to:
  Safe Water Source: 23%
  Improved sanitation: 18%
 
 
(2001 estimates)

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