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
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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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author Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie
Deininger, Klaus
Selod, Harris
Badiane, Ousmane
Swinnen, Johan
von Braun, Joachim
Zilberman, David
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Deininger, Klaus
Selod, Harris
Swinnen, Johan
Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie
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description 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.
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spelling CGSpace1544272025-11-06T05:50:21Z Foreign direct investment in land in West Africa: The status quo, lessons from other regions, implications for research Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie Deininger, Klaus Selod, Harris Badiane, Ousmane Swinnen, Johan von Braun, Joachim Zilberman, David foreign investment poverty poverty reduction land policies land 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. 2011 2024-10-01T14:01:27Z 2024-10-01T14:01:27Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154427 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161806 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie; Deininger, Klaus; Selod, Harris; Badiane, Ousmane; Swinnen, Johan; von Braun, Joachim; and Zilberman, David. 2011. Foreign direct investment in land in West Africa: The status quo, lessons from other regions, implications for research. WCAO Thematic Research Note 1. Washington, DC; Dakar, Senegal: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154427
spellingShingle foreign investment
poverty
poverty reduction
land policies
land
Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie
Deininger, Klaus
Selod, Harris
Badiane, Ousmane
Swinnen, Johan
von Braun, Joachim
Zilberman, David
Foreign direct investment in land in West Africa: The status quo, lessons from other regions, implications for research
title Foreign direct investment in land in West Africa: The status quo, lessons from other regions, implications for research
title_full Foreign direct investment in land in West Africa: The status quo, lessons from other regions, implications for research
title_fullStr Foreign direct investment in land in West Africa: The status quo, lessons from other regions, implications for research
title_full_unstemmed Foreign direct investment in land in West Africa: The status quo, lessons from other regions, implications for research
title_short Foreign direct investment in land in West Africa: The status quo, lessons from other regions, implications for research
title_sort foreign direct investment in land in west africa the status quo lessons from other regions implications for research
topic foreign investment
poverty
poverty reduction
land policies
land
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154427
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