Contemporary Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Legal Deficiency or Elite Capture of the Rule of Law?

World Development

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-18

  German, Laura ^a   Schoneveld, George ^b   Mwangi, Esther ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Land governance; Land grabs; Large scale land acquisition; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND RIGHTS;

GHANA; MOZAMBIQUE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84878973348     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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