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LAND REFORM AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN MOZAMBIQUE

PAPER FOR THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGIONAL POVERTY NETWORK, HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

Simon Norfolk	Harold Liversage
simon.norfolk@teledata.mz	harold_liversage@teledata.mz

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Table of Contents

1.	INTRODUCTION
2.	POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND LAND REFORM IN MOZAMBIQUE
3.	THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEMPORARY LAND RIGHTS POLICY IN MOZAMBIQUE
4.	LAND AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION PLANNING IN MOZAMBIQUE
5.	LAND REFORM IN ZAMBР™ZIA PROVINCE: SOME LESSONS LEARNED AND KEY CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE
	5.1 Provincial context
	5.2 Institutional responsibility for land registration - Government capacity and the role of civil society
	5.3 Dealing with the backlog of concession applications
	5.4 Community consultations
	5.5 The delimitation of community land rights
	5.6 Cost of land registration
	5.7 Development of systems and procedures for land registration
	5.8 Information and land use planning at provincial, district and local level
	5.9 Collection of land taxes
	5.10 Government bias and lack of political will
6.	STRATEGIC OPTIONS FOR FURTHER SUPPORT TO LAND REFORM PROCESSES AND THE ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY
	6.1 Key elements of a land programme focussed on poverty alleviation
	6.2 Short to medium term proposals for realizing the vision
	6.3 Possible actions by Government
	6.4 The role of donors
7.	REFERENCES

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