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Stratégie foncière et immobilière au Maroc, recomposition territoriale et rapport à la production du logement «abordable» Quelles perspectives pour Agadir?

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2021
Morocco
Urban Tenure
land use
land investments
housing rights
land stakeholders
A travers l’étude du cas d’Agadir, l’article est un essai prospectif sur le rapport des différentes stratégies foncières et immobilières au Maroc à la production du logement «abordable». Par une approche systémique, l’article interpele les stratégies d’usage foncier urbain comme ressource territoriale à la fois convoitée dans un système productiviste et pierre angulaire pour l’aménagement du territoire. Il questionne aussi, la position de la production du logement abordable dans le contexte de l’investissement immobilier actuel et la possibilité de son redressement.
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Écoles durables

Orientations conceptuelles et méthodologiques

Journal Articles & Books
Reports & Research
Conference Papers & Reports
January, 2024
Americas, Brazil
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
land governance
sustainable development
land investments
investment funds
government
Cette publication présente le travail d'une feuille de route développée pour les gouvernements et les communautés intéressés par la mise en œuvre de la méthodologie des écoles durables, développée par le gouvernement du Brésil, par le biais de l'Agence brésilienne de coopération, du Fonds national de développement de l'éducation et de la FAO.
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Fair compensation in large-scale land acquisitions: Fair or fail?

Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2023
Global
Land & Investments
expropriation
conflicts
land acquisitions
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
land investments
foreign investment
land grabbing
responsible investment
land conflicts
local communities
Despite the existence of a legal framework defining the right to fair compensation, and notwithstanding the vast literature on transnational and domestic land deals, no theory has been developed so far to allow for a specific analysis of the economics of fair compensation in large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs), limiting our understanding of the underlying reasons of success or failure of this important legal protection mechanism.
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Sob o império da grilagem

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2017
South America, Brazil
Land Conflicts
land law
indigenous peoples' lands
land grabbing
property
state property
research
O objetivo do artigo é compreender o período entre 1822 e 1850 como um momento da história brasileira em que se instituiu simultaneamente a absolutização da propriedade privada da terra e a legalização jurídica da grilagem de terra. O processo de monopolização das terras brasileiras que se realizou na primeira metade do século XIX reproduziu a grilagem como forma e conteúdo central da formação territorial do Brasil.
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Foreign Direct Investment in Armenia

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Armenia
Land & Investments
mining
land investments
foreign investment
investment funds
extractive industries
After the fall of the Soviet Union and regaining its independence, Armenia has begun a process of systemic transformation. The level and pace of socio-economic development has been influenced by internal situation as well as by country’s geopolitical position and its relations with foreign partners. The purpose of this article is to present general characteristics of foreign direct investment that has been present in Armenia since the 1990s. The author describes several key factors shaping the volume, geographical, proprietary and sectoral structure of the FDI inflows.
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Making land grabbable: Stealthy dispossessions by conservation in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2021
Tanzania
land conservation
land grabbing
dispossession
land dispute
local communities
This paper seeks to answer the question: how does land become grabbable and local people relocatable? It focuses on the historical and current conditions of land tenure that enable land grabbing. While recognising the important contributions thus far made by the critical literature on land grabbing, this paper moves forward towards understanding specific processes that befall before land is grabbed and its original users relocated.
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Land Acquisition and the Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Techniques: A Duration Analysis for Kenya and The Philippines

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2012
Kenya, Philippines
Land Degradation & Tenure
land conservation
water management
land acquisitions
land ownership
smallholders
This paper analyzes the adoption behavior of smallholder farmers using comparable plot-level duration data for Kenya and The Philippines. We find that adoption behavior is strongly linked to the process of land ownership transfer. This relationship is found both for data from Kenya and The Philippines and is robust to the inclusion of observed and unobserved village, household, plot, and time factors.
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The Faltering Land Rush and the Limits to Extractive Capitalism in Senegal

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2021
Senegal
Land & Investments
land law
land acquisitions
extractive industries
The Senegalese government has emphasized agriculture and mining as strategic priorities for economic development since the 2000s. The promotion of large-scale agro-industrial and mining projects reflects a strong embrace of extractive capitalism, wherein the state relies on the production, extraction, and export of agricultural produce and natural resources as the basis for growth. Despite this policy commitment, several high-profile projects in these sectors have not materialised due to project failure, delay, or abandonment.
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“Why would anyone leave?”: Development, overindebtedness, and migration in Guatemala

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2021
Guatemala
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land in post-conflict settings
development
post-conflict settings
land investments
land-based financing
migration
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
Over the past two decades, policymakers have expressed considerable optimism about the capacity of international development to curb transnational migration, yet there is a dearth of research examining how and under what conditions development interventions impact migration decisions. Enlisting a case study approach in the Maya-K’iche’ community of Almolonga, this article examines divergent meanings and practices of “development” and its impact on the migratory aspirations and outcomes of Indigenous families in Guatemala.
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Frontier finance: the role of microfinance in debt and violence in post-conflict Timor-Leste

Peer-reviewed publication
April, 2020
Timor-Leste
Land & Corruption
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land in post-conflict settings
gender equity
corruption
investment funds
land-based financing
dispossession
women
Microfinance programs targeting poor women are considered a ‘prudent’ first step for international financial institutions seeking to rebuild post conflict economies. IFIs continue to visibly support microfinance despite evidence and growing consensus that microfinance neither reduces poverty nor breaks the cycle of domestic violence. In the case of Timor-Leste, a feminist political economy approach reveals how microfinance engendered debt allows for the control, extraction, and accumulation of profits and resources by an elite class and exacerbates gender-based violence.