Skip to main content

page search

Issues / Land & Corruption

Land & Corruption

Land governance is a sector particularly vulnerable to corruption due to the economic and social value given to land. For the same reason, corruption in land governance has high social costs affecting food security, social justice, environmental protection, women empowerment, cultural diversity, human rights, and the safety and sustainability of cities and communities.

Resources for Land & Corruption

183
183
News
532
Library

Innovative Customary Land Governance in Zambia: Experiences, Lessons Learned and Emerging Impacts

Peer-reviewed publication
Zambia

In Zambia, security of tenure for communities residing under customary land tenure settings has in recent years increasingly come under threat owing to the pressures of high rate of urbanization, speculation, subdivision and conversion to state land, which effectively excludes marginal populations from accessing resources for their land. While customary land is a major resource for most Zambians, the inadequacy or total lack of documentation leads to tenure insecurity, making people susceptible to forced displacements, and frequent land disputes.

69
Blogs
0
Projects
10
Statistical Data
0
Spatial Data

More on this issue

29 June 2024
The Struggles for Land Podcast gives a voice to those fighting for access to land and defending the commons. Focusing on one major theme per episode, the podcast interviews and brings together farmers' organizations, social movements, environmental protection and the defense of the commons, as…
29 June 2024
The Struggles for Land Podcast gives a voice to those fighting for access to land and defending the commons. Focusing on one major theme per episode, the podcast interviews and brings together farmers' organizations, social movements, environmental protection and the defense of the commons, as…
29 June 2024

The Struggles for Land Podcast gives a voice to those fighting for access to land and defending the commons.

Focusing on one major theme per episode, the podcast interviews and brings together farmers' organizations, social movements, environmental protection and the defense of the…

01 October 2024
Dans les villages bordant la vaste plantation d'hévéas de SudCam au Sud Cameroun, le contraste entre les promesses initiales et la réalité actuelle est saisissant. Plus de dix ans après l'implantation de cette filiale d'Halcyon Agri Corporation Limited, les communautés locales font face à une…
22 April 2024
Around the world, corruption denies people access to the land and resources they need to survive. Disadvantaged people and marginalized communities are particularly vulnerable to such practices. At the same time, there is ample evidence that discrimination - direct and indirect - on grounds ranging…