Florence Boyer ? Urban Growth, Migratory Status and Housing Choices of Ouagadougou?s Inhabitants In African cities with an important demographic growth, it?s very difficult for the poorest to get to a suitable housing. The distinction between legal and illegal dwelling does not suffice to...

[eng] The reservoir dam on the great Ivory river built for hydro-electric production created an artificial lake which drove 75 000 peasants from their land. The government instituted a public agency in charge of resettling this population on the banks of the new lake. The village production...

Die 'Autorite pour l'amenagement de la vallee du Bandama' (AVB) wurde 1969 durch die Regierung gegründet, um das Gebiet flußaufwärts des Kossou-Dammes wiederaufzubauen und ein regionales Entwicklungsprogramm zu erstellen und durchzuführen. Der staatliche Status erlaubte der AVB ein hohes...