TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Lists of Tables and Figures vii
List of Acronyms x
Preface xi
Chapter 1: Legal Framework and Administration of Land Policy in Zambia 1
I. Introduction 1
A. Issues 1
B. Outline of report 2
II. Colonial policy and settlement 4
III. Agrarian structure 5
IV. Arable land and crop expansion 7
V. Land tenure 14
A. Tenure on State Lands 15
B. Reserve and Trust Land administration 18
C. Urban, housing, and improvement areas 22
D. Agencies responsible for land policy 23
E. Subdivisions 24
VI. Demand for leasehold properties 26
A. Current registrations and lease transfers 26
B. Potential leasehold demand 27
C. Factors influencing demand for title 28
VII. Proposed land policy reforms 33
A. MMD Manifesto 33
B. Ministry of Lands proposal 34
C. 1993 Land Policy Conference 35
D. Assessment 37
VIII. Proposed actions 40
A. Land tenure reforms 40
B. Land administration 43
C. Research 43
Annex 1.1: Resolutions of the conference 45
Chapter 2: Land Administration: Processes and Constraints 47
I. Current framework for land administration 47
II. Lessons from the African experience 50
III. State leasehold process 52
IV. Overcentralization and overarticulation 57
V. Institutional coordination 59
VI. Ignorance of correct procedures 60
VII. Survey standards and the 14-year lease 61
VIII. Land management principles: plan and market 63
IX. Problems of confidence and vision: Trust and Reserve Lands 63
X. Policy debate: July 1993 Land Policy Conference 66
XI. Recommendations 67
Annex 2.1: Guidelines for determining the size of landholding 76