Water grabbing and the role of power: Shifting water governance in the light of agricultural foreign direct investment

Water Alternatives

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 266-283

  Bues, Andrea ^a   Theesfeld, Insa ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural foreign direct investment; Ethiopia; Power resources; Water grabbing; Water rights

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SMALLHOLDER; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84871419092     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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