Essays about: "large-scale land acquisition"

Showing result 16 - 17 of 17 essays containing the words large-scale land acquisition.

1. 16. Large Scale Foreign Land Acquisitions: Neoliberal Opportunities or Neocolonial Challenges?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Readeat Adbib; [2012-06-20]
   Keywords : Large-scale Foreign Land Acquisitions; Neoliberalism; Neocolonialism; Win win benefits; Food Security; Land; China; Ethiopia; Tanzania; Uganda;

   Abstract : Over the last decade, a dramatic rise in commercial agricultural investment has taken place the world over at a rate much higher than previous times. Some of the causes that spurred this whole business happen to be mainly the food security concerns of food poor countries as in the case of the Gulf states, a shift of focus by western based investment banks, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds towards less volatile assets such as land in the aftermath of the 2007/08 global financial crises, drought induced food export restrictions by major food exporting countries such as India and Russia, only to mention some of them. READ MORE

3. 17. Effects of large-scale land acquisition in rural Ethiopia : the case of Bako-Tibe Woreda

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Moges Gobena Jiru; [2011]
   Keywords : Land acquisition; Livelihood; Participation; Food security; Land grab; Ethiopia;

   Abstract : Currently the large-scale land acquisitions are expanding in developing countries and in particular in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ethiopia is also actively engaged in this global situation. There are limited empirical studies that show the effects of large-scale land acquisitions in the host countries. READ MORE