Contemporary Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Legal Deficiency or Elite Capture of the Rule of Law?
Growth of emerging economies, policy commitments to biofuels and volatility in commodity prices have contributed to a marked increase in the pace and scale of foreign direct investment in land-based enterprises in the global South. This paper explores the relationship between policy and practice ass...
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| author | German, L. Schoneveld, George C. Mwangi, E. |
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| description | Growth of emerging economies, policy commitments to biofuels and volatility in commodity prices have contributed to a marked increase in the pace and scale of foreign direct investment in land-based enterprises in the global South. This paper explores the relationship between policy and practice associated with customary rights protections in the context of large-scale land acquisitions through a document review and case study analyses from Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. Findings point to the difficulty of safeguarding customary rights even in countries providing “best practice” legal protections, and point to the fundamental role of human agency in shaping outcomes. |
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| spelling | CGSpace956382025-06-17T08:24:05Z Contemporary Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Legal Deficiency or Elite Capture of the Rule of Law? German, L. Schoneveld, George C. Mwangi, E. bioenergy trade policies land use land transfers biofuels environmental effects rural development investment Growth of emerging economies, policy commitments to biofuels and volatility in commodity prices have contributed to a marked increase in the pace and scale of foreign direct investment in land-based enterprises in the global South. This paper explores the relationship between policy and practice associated with customary rights protections in the context of large-scale land acquisitions through a document review and case study analyses from Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. Findings point to the difficulty of safeguarding customary rights even in countries providing “best practice” legal protections, and point to the fundamental role of human agency in shaping outcomes. 2013-08 2018-07-03T11:03:20Z 2018-07-03T11:03:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95638 en Limited Access Elsevier German, L., Schoneveld, G., Mwangi, E. . 2013. Contemporary processes of largescale land acquisition by investors : case studies from sub-Saharan Africa. World Development, 48: 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.03.006 |
| spellingShingle | bioenergy trade policies land use land transfers biofuels environmental effects rural development investment German, L. Schoneveld, George C. Mwangi, E. Contemporary Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Legal Deficiency or Elite Capture of the Rule of Law? |
| title | Contemporary Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Legal Deficiency or Elite Capture of the Rule of Law? |
| title_full | Contemporary Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Legal Deficiency or Elite Capture of the Rule of Law? |
| title_fullStr | Contemporary Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Legal Deficiency or Elite Capture of the Rule of Law? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contemporary Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Legal Deficiency or Elite Capture of the Rule of Law? |
| title_short | Contemporary Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Legal Deficiency or Elite Capture of the Rule of Law? |
| title_sort | contemporary processes of large scale land acquisition in sub saharan africa legal deficiency or elite capture of the rule of law |
| topic | bioenergy trade policies land use land transfers biofuels environmental effects rural development investment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95638 |
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