41 research outputs found
Conigliani C., Cuffaro N., D’Agostino G., (2016) Large Scale Land Investments and Forests in Africa (Dipartimento di Economia Università degli studi Roma Tre) (online) Working Paper n° 213, 2016 ISSN 2279-6916; http://econpapers.repec.org/paper/rtrwpaper/0213.htm
No full textConigliani C., Cuffaro N., D’Agostino G., (2016) Large Scale Land Investments and Forests in Africa (Dipartimento di Economia Università degli studi Roma Tre) (online) Working Paper n° 213, 2016 ISSN 2279-6916; http://econpapers.repec.org/paper/rtrwpaper/0213.htm
No full textFOREIGN ACQUISITIONS OF LAND IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. RISKS, OPPORTUNITIES AND NEW ACTORS
No full textThe Special Issue focuses on the recent wave of foreign acquisitions of land in developing countries and provides. This essay article reviews the debate, providing an overview of the extent, patterns and origin of investments, and contextualizing the various contributions included in the issue. The main sections are devoted to the determinants of FDI, including the balance between risks and benefits of land internalization, the opportunities and risks of land acquisitions and regulation. The deals involve land usually on a very large scale and predominantly in the context of complex and unclear structures of property rights; weak stakeholders may have insufficient “voice” vis-à-vis their governments; governments may have weak planning and regulatory abilities. The possible risks of increasing investments are associated with property rights and potential dispossession of vulnerable land users, land concentration and lack of transparency in the contracts
Le implicazioni del'Accordo Gatt per l'agricoltura e le politiche agrarie dei paesi non europei dell'Ocse e dei paesi in via di sviluppo
No full textTechnical regulations and standards for food exports: trust and the credence goods problem
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Population growth and agriculture in poor countries: a review of theoretical issues and empirical evidence
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Land Inequality and Growth: Meta-Analysis and Relevance For Contemporary Development In Africa
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