Making Secure Land Tenure Count for Global Development Goals and National Policy : Evidence from Zambia
Adding a module designed to measure land tenure-related Sustainable Development Goals indicators to the 2018 round of Zambia's labor force survey shows low transferability and high levels of tenure insecurity. Having a title is associated with...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/255701561466664958/Making-Secure-Land-Tenure-Count-for-Global-Development-Goals-and-National-Policy-Evidence-from-Zambia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31977 |
| Summary: | Adding a module designed to measure land
tenure-related Sustainable Development Goals indicators to
the 2018 round of Zambia's labor force survey shows low
transferability and high levels of tenure insecurity. Having
a title is associated with greater transferability and
reduced insecurity. Although demand for titles, including
willingness to pay, is high, current policies limit the
scope for tenure regularization and reinforce rather than
reduce gender discrimination. Efforts in this direction need
to be preceded by (i) procedural reform to reduce costs,
streamline procedures, and make them gender-sensitive; (ii)
institutional change to increase the efficiency of service
delivery and ensure record maintenance; and (iii) legal
change to recognize customary tenure and improve land
management and transferability. Adding the Sustainable
Development Goals land tenure module to ongoing surveys has
the potential to provide the evidence base needed to design
results-based approaches for the land sector and reliably
track progress. |
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