Large-Scale Land Investments in Least Developed Countries
Large-Scale Land Investments in Least Developed Countries

Author: Luis Tomás Montilla Fernández

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-11-09

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 331965280X

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This book analyses large-scale land investments for agricultural purposes in Africa’s least developed countries from a law and economics perspective. Focusing on the effects of foreign land investments on host countries’ local populations and the apparent failure of international law to create incentives to offset them, it also examines the legal and economic mechanisms to hold investors accountable in cases where their investment leads to human rights violations. Applying principal agent and contract theory, it elucidates the sources of opportunism and develops control mechanisms to ameliorate the negative effects. It shows that although judicial mechanisms fail to deliver justice, international law offers alternatives to safeguard against arbitrary and abusive state and investor conduct, and also to effectuate human rights and, thus, tackle opportunistic behaviour.

Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions
Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions

Author: Osabuohien, Evans

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-12-31

Total Pages: 527

ISBN-13: 1466674067

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Several studies have investigated the impetus and implications behind large-scale land acquisitions/deals at the global level; however, intranational factors within communities and societies have not received much attention from researchers. The Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions examines the economic, sociological, and environmental issues surrounding land transactions and the impact these deals may have on local households and communities. Focusing on international issues as well as domestic concerns, this publication is a useful reference for policymakers, academics, researchers, and advanced-level students in various disciplines.

Large-Scale Land Investments and Land-Use Change
Large-Scale Land Investments and Land-Use Change

Author: Kacana Sipangule

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Smallholder agriculture is the mainstay of rural households in developing countries. In recent years, smallholder agriculture has been affected by the surge in large-scale farms that have acquired land in rural regions of developing countries as well as by rapid rural land-use conversion. Very few empirical studies analyze how rural development is affected by the encounter of smallholder and large-scale farming systems. This dissertation contributes to filling this research gap by analyzing how smallholders are affected by large-scale farms. Results presented in the chapters 2 to 5 of this ...

Guidelines for sustainable large-scale land deals in Africa
Guidelines for sustainable large-scale land deals in Africa

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2018-08-09

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 925109831X

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Over the last few years, agribusinesses, investment funds and government agencies have demonstrated a growing interest in acquiring large portions of land, mostly in developing countries and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. In the host countries, investors and government see these acquisitions as opportunities to attract foreign investment that will enhance food and energy security and stimulate socio-economic development. Analysing a number of these deals in Africa suggests that these objectives are usually not attained and that their sustainability appears to be uncertain.

Large-scale Land Investments and Land-use Change
Large-scale Land Investments and Land-use Change

Author: Kacana Sipangule

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Smallholder agriculture is the mainstay of rural households in developing countries. In recent years, smallholder agriculture has been affected by the surge in large-scale farms that have acquired land in rural regions of developing countries as well as by rapid rural land-use conversion. Very few empirical studies analyze how rural development is affected by the encounter of smallholder and large-scale farming systems. This dissertation contributes to filling this research gap by analyzing how smallholders are affected by large-scale farms. Results presented in the chapters 2 to 5 of this ...

Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
Large-Scale Land Acquisitions

Author: Christophe Gironde

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-09-29

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9004304754

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Large-scale land acquisitions, or ‘land grabbing’, has become a key research topic among scholars interested in agrarian change, development, and the environment. The term ‘land acquisitions’ refers to a highly contested process in terms of governance and impacts on livelihoods and human rights. This book focuses on South-East Asia. A series of thematic and in-depth case studies put ‘land grabbing’ into specific historical and institutional contexts. The volume also offers a human rights analysis of the phenomenon, examining the potential and limits of human rights mechanisms aimed at preventing and mitigating land grabs' negative consequences. Contributors include: Maria Lisa Alano, Ioana Cismas, Olivier De Schutter, Michael Dwyer, Christophe Gironde, Christophe Golay, Andreas Heinimann, Martin Keulertz, Marcel Mazoyer, Peter Messerli, Hafiz Mirza, Vong Nanhthavong, Gerben Nooteboom, Patricia Paramita, Amaury Peeters, Emily Polack, Laurence Roudart, Oliver Schoenweger, Gilda Senties, Sokbunthoeun So, Mohamad Shohibuddin, William Speller, Eckart Woertz, and James Zhan.

What Drives the Global Land Rush?
What Drives the Global Land Rush?

Author: Mr.Rabah Arezki

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 1463923333

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This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture. To do so, gravity models are estimated using data on bilateral investment relationships, together with newly constructed indicators of agro-ecological suitability in areas with low population density as well as indicators of land rights security. Results confirm the central role of agro-ecological potential as a pull factor. In contrast to the literature on foreign investment in general, the quality of the business climate is insignificant whereas weak land governance and tenure security for current users make countries more attractive for investors. Implications for policy are discussed.

The Global Land Grab
The Global Land Grab

Author: Annelies Zoomers

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.

Published: 2014-02-13

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 1780328974

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The last two years have seen a huge amount of academic, policy-making and media interest in the increasingly contentious issue of land grabbing - the large-scale acquisition of land in the global South. It is a phenomenon against which locals seem defenceless, and one about which multilateral organizations, such as the World Bank, as well as civil-society organizations and action NGOs have become increasingly vocal. This in-depth and empirically diverse volume - taking in case studies from across Africa, Asia and Latin America - takes a step back from the hype to explore a number of key questions: Does the ‘global land grab’ actually exist? If so, what is new about it? And what, beyond the immediately visible dynamics and practices, are the real problems? A comprehensive and much-needed intervention on one of the most hotly contested but little-understood issues facing countries of the South today.

Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
Large-Scale Land Acquisitions

Author: Christophe Gironde

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishing

Published: 2015-10-01

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9789004304741

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Large-scale land acquisitions, or 'land grabbing', has become a key research topic among scholars interested in agrarian change, development, and the environment. The term 'land acquisitions' refers to a highly contested process in terms of governance and impacts on livelihoods and human rights. Focusing on South-East Asia, this book presents a series of thematic papers and detailed case studies to put this phenomenon into specific historical and institutional contexts.