The Relation Between Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Rural Households : Evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania

The Relation Between Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Rural Households : Evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania / Giulia Barbanente.

Giulia Barbanente investigates the impact of large-scale foreign land acquisitions (LSLAs) on rural households in Ethiopia and Tanzania. Given the scale of LSLAs happening in developing countries, there is urgent need to objectively assess whether risks for smallholders are balanced by positive econ...

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Main Author: Barbanente, Giulia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Vieweg, 2020.
Series:Gabler Edition Wissenschaft. Ökonomische Analyse des Rechts.
Subjects:
Real property > Foreign ownership.
Real property > Foreign ownership
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Background
  • 1.1.1 The Current Land Rush
  • 1.1.2 LSLAs as a Global Phenomenon
  • 1.1.3 The Role of the Law
  • 1.2 LSLAs and Rural Households
  • 1.3 Research Question and Aim of the Study
  • 1.3.1 Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
  • 1.3.2 Rural Households
  • 1.3.3 The Impact of LSLAs on Rural Households
  • 1.3.4 Ethiopia and Tanzania
  • 1.4 Methodology
  • 1.5 Relevance of the Study
  • 1.6 Book Outline
  • 2 LSLAs and Rural Development: Theoretical Predictions
  • 2.1 Introduction of the Second Chapter
  • 2.2 The Four Development Indicators
  • 2.3 Efficiency, Distribution and Win-win
  • 2.3.1 Equity and Efficiency in Rural Development
  • 2.3.2 LSLAs and Win-win Solutions
  • 2.3.3 The Four Development Indicators and the Equity/Efficiency Claims
  • 2.4 Pathway (1) Access to Land and Natural Resources
  • 2.4.1 Private Property and Economic Development
  • 2.4.2 Land Use Systems
  • 2.4.3 Land Governance
  • 2.5 Pathway (2) Returns to Land Controlled by Rural Households
  • 2.5.1 Infrastructure/Non-natural Capital
  • 2.5.2 Access to Credit
  • 2.5.3 Sustainable Use of Resources
  • 2.6 Pathway (3) Access to Labour
  • 2.6.1 Increased Returns to Labour
  • 2.6.2 Increased Vulnerability in Market Access
  • 2.6.3 Labour Opportunities for Rural Minorities
  • 2.7 Pathway (4) Price of Agricultural Goods
  • 2.7.1 Rural Markets for Agricultural Goods
  • 2.7.2 LSLAs and Agricultural Goods
  • 2.8 The Institutions, Rural Development and LSLA
  • 2.9 Conclusions of the Second Chapter
  • 3 Policy
  • 3.1 Introduction of the Third Chapter
  • 3.2 International Policy Tools: Global Governance
  • 3.2.1 Principles of International Law
  • 3.2.1.1 Free, Prior and Informed Consent
  • 3.2.1.2 Other Principles of International Law
  • 3.2.1.3 Guidelines from International Organizations
  • 3.2.1.4 The Principles for Responsible Investment
  • 3.2.1.5 The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests
  • 3.2.2 Certification Schemes
  • 3.3 LSLAs and Property Rights in Africa
  • 3.3.1 Customary Rights in the African Continent
  • 3.3.2 Weak Land Rights and the State
  • 3.3.3 The African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights
  • 3.4 Ethiopia
  • 3.4.1 National Policy on Rural Land and Agriculture
  • 3.4.2 Agricultural Development and LSLA Policy in Ethiopia
  • 3.4.3 Target Areas
  • 3.4.3.1 Gambella
  • 3.4.3.2 Benishangul-Gumuz
  • 3.5 Tanzania
  • 3.5.1 Land Rights in Tanzania
  • 3.5.2 Rules Regulating Land Acquisitions in Tanzania
  • 3.5.3 The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania
  • 3.6 Conclusions of the Third Chapter
  • 4 Qualitative Evidence
  • 4.1 Introduction of the Fourth Chapter
  • 4.2 Qualitative Evidence from Ethiopia
  • 4.2.1 Sources
  • 4.2.2 Access to Land
  • 4.2.3 Returns to Land
  • 4.2.4 Returns to Labour
  • 4.2.5 Price of Agricultural Goods

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