Situating private equity capital in the land grab debate

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 703-729

  Daniel, Shepard ^a  

^a Oakland Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

development finance; governance; information asymmetry; land grabs; private equity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CAPITAL; GLOBALIZATION; INVESTMENT; LAND MARKET; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; POWER RELATIONS; PRIVATE LAND; RURAL FINANCE; WORLD BANK;

EID: 84860189957     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2012.674941     Document Type: Article

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