Dealing land in the midst of poverty: Commercial access to communal land in Zambia

African and Asian Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 235-257

  Metcalfe, Simon ^a,b   Kepe, Thembela ^c  

^a AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commercial investment; Communal land; Tenure reform; Traditional authority; Zambia

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; POVERTY; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC ACCESS; SPACE USE; TENURE RELATIONS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 47549105539     PISSN: 15692094     EISSN: 15692108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156921008X318763     Document Type: Article

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