When Land Becomes a Burden

An Analysis of an Underperforming Zambian Land Deal

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2098554
AutoresT Salverda (0000-0003-4668-9838), Chewe Nkonde (0000-0003-1555-2097)
Año2021
Volumen64
Número3
Páginas653-674
Fecha de publicación2021-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrican Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/asr.2021.65
OpenAlexW3204077017
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas48

From 2011 onward, a European agribusiness progressively purchased about 38,000 hectares of land in Zambia. Although operations have commenced on the ground, only part of the land has been developed. Salverda and Nkonde look at the reasons for and implications of this partial development, focusing particularly on how, in such a context, Zambia's slow-moving land administration, lack of financing, and the presence of rural residents on the purchased land have become self-reinforcing challenges. Their aim is to provide insights about why (very large) land deals often fail to achieve their projected capacity, leaving both investors and local residents in limbo

Administration (probate law · Agribusiness · Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Civil engineering · Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Land development · Land use · Natural resource economics · Political science · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Land Rights and Reforms · Law · Urban and Rural Development Challenges