Publication: What Drives the Global “Land Rush”?
| creativeworkseries.issn | 1564-698X | |
| dc.contributor.author | Arezki, Rabah | |
| dc.contributor.author | Deininger, Klaus | |
| dc.contributor.author | Selod, Harris | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-11T21:32:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-11T21:32:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We review evidence regarding the size and evolution of the "land rush" in the wake of the 2007–8 boom in agricultural commodity prices, and we study the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agricultural investment. The use of data on bilateral investment relationships to estimate gravity models of transnational land-intensive investments confirms the central role of agro-ecological potential as a pull factor. However, this finding contrasts the standard literature insofar as the quality of the destination country's business climate is insignificant, and weak tenure security is associated with increased interest for investors to acquire land in the country. Policy implications are discussed. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | World Bank Economic Review | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1596/25840 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1564-698X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25840 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | World Bank Economic Review | |
| dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo | |
| dc.subject | land acquisition | |
| dc.subject | large-scale agriculture | |
| dc.subject | foreign investment | |
| dc.subject | agro-ecological potential | |
| dc.subject | land availability | |
| dc.subject | land governance | |
| dc.subject | property rights | |
| dc.title | What Drives the Global “Land Rush”? | en |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en |
| dc.type | Article de journal | fr |
| dc.type | Artículo de revista | es |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| okr.date.disclosure | 2017-01-11 | |
| okr.date.doiregistration | 2025-05-06T11:29:21.626966Z | |
| okr.doctype | Publications & Research::Journal Article | |
| okr.identifier.doi | 10.1093/wber/lht021 | |
| okr.journal.nbpages | 207-33 | |
| okr.language.supported | en | |
| okr.peerreview | Academic Peer Review | |
| okr.region.administrative | Africa | |
| okr.region.geographical | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| okr.topic | Rural Development::Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction | |
| okr.topic | Communities and Human Settlements::Land Administration | |
| okr.topic | Communities and Human Settlements::Land Use and Policies | |
| okr.topic | Environment::Sustainable Land Management | |
| okr.topic | Rural Development::Sustainable Land and Crop Management | |
| okr.unit | Development Research Group | |
| okr.volume | 29(2) | |
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