Table: 2014-2017 Investment Programme of the Towns of the Hinterland (in millions of FCFA Francs)
Financing
To be
Available
sourced
2014
2015
2016
2017
Rehabilitation
19,845
20,213
12,507
4,150
56,715
563
56,152
Extension
36,347
29,539
10,721
4,252
80,859
224
81,653
Development
15,927
19,145
13,625
5,595
54,292
166
54,126
72,119
68,897
36,853
13,997
191,866
953
191,913
Total HU
Total
7- Right to Suitable Housing
With regard to the right to suitable housing, a set of legislative and regulatory enactments has been
formulated. These measures aim at both reforming the conditions for obtaining land title and
constructing decent houses for the disadvantaged sections of the population. Thus, as part of its 20122015 National Development Plan (PND), the government made a commitment to construct between
10,000 and 30,000 houses per year before reaching an annual construction rate of between 40,000 and
50,000 houses by 2015. To attain this objective, the authorities have put in place a number of measures to
support the real estate sector.
In fact, in order to replace public real estate promoters who were done away with in the 80s, the
Government established three national funds under the auspices of the Autonomous Amortization
Scheme: the Housing Support Fund (FSH), Urban Lands Account and the Housing Mobilization Account
(CDMH). The CDMH provides qualified buyers and promoters carrying out certain social housing projects
with some tax benefits: exemption from value-added tax (18 %) and taxes on services and building
materials (18 %), as well as real estate credit at a subsidized rate, i.e. 9.09 %. In addition, the buyer’s share
of the interest rate charged on credits has been reduced to 9.5 %. The difference with regard to the
interest rate charged by the creditor is paid by the CDMH.
Furthermore, to assist the people to access social housing, the Ivorian Government has set up a Housing
Access Formality Facilitation Centre (CEFFAL).
In order to guarantee the right to property, the Government, per Order No. 2013-481 of 2 July, 2013, has
instituted the state reform of the Final Concession By-Law (ACD) in order to bring some sanity into urban
land sector. From now on, the ACD is a single act which confers full ownership of property in the urban
areas. The reform simplifies the procedure governing the issuance of administrative acts relating to urban
lands and reassures the people.
II- INSTITUTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL ACTIVITIES OF THE STATE IN THE AREA OF THE PROTECTION
OF THE FAMILY
1- Protection of the Rights of Women (Article 18, Paragraph 3 of the
Charter).
The State has carried out activities to guarantee the rights of women. Among others, these are:
-establishment of a Ministry responsible for the rights of women;
Cote d’Ivoire, which has made a commitment to confront the challenges linked to the elimination of all
forms of discrimination against women, is pursuing the efforts it is making to ensure that gender is better
catered for by the development strategies and policies.
In this regard, it established a National Equity and Gender Observatory (ONEG) in December, 2014. The
mission of this observatory is to monitor, assess and formulate proposals for the promotion of gender
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