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Displaying 421 - 425 of 1863Corporate land deals, dispossession and the future of farming
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The Gender and Equity Implications of Land-Related Investments on Labour and Income-Generating Opportunities. A Case Study of Agricultural Investments in Lao PDR
markdownabstractConcerns about the potential gender and equity implications of land-related investments on labour and
income-generating opportunities and access, use and control of land come in the context of the current
global policy interest in supporting agricultural investment in developing countries in general.
However, there is a long history of land-related investments in developing countries, particularly
agricultural investments, which partially explains the current concerns. Over the last 60-70 years,
Acaparamiento de tierras y acumulación capitalista: aspectos clave en América Latina
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Oligarchs, megafarms and land reserves: understanding land grabbing in Russia
textabstractThis paper seeks to unravel the political economy of large-scale land acquisitions in
post-Soviet Russia. Russia falls neither in the normal category of ‘investor’ countries,
nor in the category of ‘target’ countries. Russia has large ‘land reserves’, since in the
1990s much fertile land was abandoned. We analyse how particular Russia is with
regards to the common argument in favour of land acquisitions, namely that land is
available, unused or even unpopulated. With rapid economic growth, capital of