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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Main Authors:	Ali, Daniel Ayalew, Deininger, Klaus, Hilhorst, Thea, Kakungu, Frank, Yi, Yuanyuan
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	LAND TENURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS TRANSFERABLE RIGHTS CUSTOMARY LAND RIGHTS DEMAND FOR TITLE LAND TITLING
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

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spelling	okr-10986-319772022-09-17T12:17:05Z Making Secure Land Tenure Count for Global Development Goals and National Policy : Evidence from Zambia Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Hilhorst, Thea Kakungu, Frank Yi, Yuanyuan LAND TENURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS TRANSFERABLE RIGHTS CUSTOMARY LAND RIGHTS DEMAND FOR TITLE LAND TITLING 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. 2019-06-26T19:48:47Z 2019-06-26T19:48:47Z 2019-06 Working Paper 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 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8912 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Zambia
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topic	LAND TENURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS TRANSFERABLE RIGHTS CUSTOMARY LAND RIGHTS DEMAND FOR TITLE LAND TITLING
spellingShingle	LAND TENURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS TRANSFERABLE RIGHTS CUSTOMARY LAND RIGHTS DEMAND FOR TITLE LAND TITLING Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Hilhorst, Thea Kakungu, Frank Yi, Yuanyuan Making Secure Land Tenure Count for Global Development Goals and National Policy : Evidence from Zambia
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8912
description	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.
format	Working Paper
author	Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Hilhorst, Thea Kakungu, Frank Yi, Yuanyuan
author_facet	Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Hilhorst, Thea Kakungu, Frank Yi, Yuanyuan
author_sort	Ali, Daniel Ayalew
title	Making Secure Land Tenure Count for Global Development Goals and National Policy : Evidence from Zambia
title_short	Making Secure Land Tenure Count for Global Development Goals and National Policy : Evidence from Zambia
title_full	Making Secure Land Tenure Count for Global Development Goals and National Policy : Evidence from Zambia
title_fullStr	Making Secure Land Tenure Count for Global Development Goals and National Policy : Evidence from Zambia
title_full_unstemmed	Making Secure Land Tenure Count for Global Development Goals and National Policy : Evidence from Zambia
title_sort	making secure land tenure count for global development goals and national policy : evidence from zambia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	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
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Making Secure Land Tenure Count for Global Development Goals and National Policy : Evidence from Zambia

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