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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
Peruvians who are planning more extensive development of their Northern coast area find the lack of accurate data regarding land surveys, land tenure, and land values a serious obstacle. An effective register of the real property of the area based on a sound cadastral system is urgently needed.
A typically faulty element in the agrarian structure of economically underdeveloped countries is the so-called land division or cadastral system regnant. Generally, the main objectives of these systems would be to record and measure the tenure characteristics of (agricultural) land. Their contents would vary according to the goals of the system and the resources available for establishing and maintaining it. The essential components are a registry of rights in land and its accompanying map.
This study was made while the author was in Peru with a Fulbright Grant in 1961-1962. The Fulbright Commission for Peru and its Executive Secretary, Dr. Eduardo F. Indacochea, were of considerable assistance.
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