Policy Recommendations for Addressing Land Corruption in Zambia

Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) in Partnership with Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S) has been implementing the Land and Corruption in Africa Phase II (2021 2025) project. The aim of the project is to ensure that corrupt practices in land administration and land deals are addressed contributing to improved livelihoods. Zambia has a dual land tenure system namely leasehold tenure on state land administered by the State and customary tenure on customary land administered by chiefs or traditional leaders. Occurrences of corruption in the land sector have been rampant for a long time and this has been acknowledged widely by government and stakeholders. Some aggregate indices that cover various types of corruption, including land corruption, are the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) which shows that Zambia scored 33% for the period 2021/ 2022 in relation to access to public services.