Bilateral investment treaties and land reform in southern Africa
- Rights & Democracy
- 01 July 2010
A special international legal regime exists to protect cross-border investments, including ownership of land and property.
A special international legal regime exists to protect cross-border investments, including ownership of land and property.
Report on the growing popularity of farmland investment in the developing world for European pension funds
Libya has mobilised investment funds and is seeking area for production and export of food.
If you are a small farmer in a developing country, and there is a big agricultural land investment deal going down in your neighbourhood, you could become part of it and make money in several ways, said a new UN-backed study.
Suite à l’abandon fracassant des projets agricoles portés par Daewoo et Varun et à la prise de pouvoir du nouveau gouvernement, la dynamique d’investissement s’est ralentie, sans véritablement s’éteindre.
El último informe de Unctad sobre ciencia y tecnología repite el llamado a una "revolución verde" en la agricultura de África, pero no hace mención de los peligros reales que suponen el comercio y el marco financiero internacional para los productores de ese continente.
We call on others in the US to demand an end to the global land grab and commit to participating in a global campaign against land grabs
El gobierno insistirá ante el Parlamento en que se apruebe la ley que prohíbe la compra de tierras por parte de extranjeros en la frontera.
El Ejecutivo insistirá ante el Parlamento uruguayo para que se apruebe la ley que prohíbe la compra de tierras en la frontera a extranjeros, mientras que el gobierno de Lula prepara un proyecto similar pero para todo su territorio.
TIAA-CREF owns agricultural land in the US, Australia, Brazil and central and Eastern Europe, most of which is leased out.
Pension funds are deepening their commitment to farmland, upping investments by billions of dollars and moving to active strategies, as a hedge against potential inflation and to diversifty from riskier investments.
Leading Gulf economist Dr Eckart Woertz says plans by GCC states to buy farmland in Asian and African countries were not materialising despite announcements to the contrary.
Pour favoriser le type de démarche "gagnant-gagnant", le CAS préconise la création d'un label "Agro Investissement Responsable"
Le forum constate que l’accaparement des terres en milieu rural et urbain (NTABACORO, SABALIBOUGOU, OFFICE DU NIGER, SANAKORORBA… ) est sans appel au profit des intérêt mercantiles.
Las iniciativas orientadas a frenar la "extranjerización" que impulsan los diputados nacionales Orsolini y Conti apuntan, en principio, a evitar la concentración de propiedades y a establecer un control anual de las zonas donde se acumulan recursos estratégicos del país, como el agua o las reservas de minerales