Foreign direct investment in land in West Africa: The status quo, lessons from other regions, implications for research

The long-term imbalances between supply and demand and international trade changes that triggered the recent crises in global food markets are also fueling a spike in overseas investments in agricultural land. Africa is a major destination of investment flows because it has the largest reserves of a...

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Autores principales: Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie, Deininger, Klaus, Selod, Harris, Badiane, Ousmane, Swinnen, Johan, von Braun, Joachim, Zilberman, David
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154427
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Sumario:The long-term imbalances between supply and demand and international trade changes that triggered the recent crises in global food markets are also fueling a spike in overseas investments in agricultural land. Africa is a major destination of investment flows because it has the largest reserves of arable land.