Integrating land issues and land policy with poverty reduction and rural development in Southern Africa

This paper is a synthesis of land issues and land policy constraints in Southern Africa prepared for the World Bank Regional Workshop on Land Issues in Africa and the Middle East held in Kampala, Uganda, in May 2002. It synthesizes key points made in commissioned papers, plenary comments, and facilitated discussions from a special Southern Africa Working Group attended by conference delegates. Topics include:an overview of land issues and special problems and constraints affecting the southern African region land administration, community ownership, financial capital and investment, HIV/AIDS, land markets, land conflict, and land redistributioncomparison of the performance of selected countries in linking land policy with poverty reduction and concludes with steps for better incorporating land issues in country level Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers being endorsed by certain donors.[Author's abstract]