Browsing Policy Briefs by Subject "Land acquisitions"

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    • Land grabbing from within: Learning from grazing disputes in Western Kavango, Namibia. 

      Muduva, Theodor (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      In recent years Namibia has received a number of proposals from multinational agricultural corporations to develop large-scale irrigation projects, mainly in the country’s water-rich, north-eastern regions (Odendaal 2011). ...

    • Large-scale land acquisitions, displacement and resettlement in Zambia 

      Chu, Jessica; Young, Kathleen; Phiri, Dimuna (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      The increase in demand for land can be attributed in part to rising incomes among middle-class Zambians, but also to the Zambian government’s drive to boost economic growth and reduce poverty by attracting foreign ...

    • Understanding land acquisitions in Namibia’s communal land: Impacts and policy implications 

      Muduva, Theodor (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      Large-scale land acquisitions by both foreign and local investors for agriculture, forestry and wildlife purposes, among others, remain a major challenge for African governments. Between 2000 and 2011, the Namibian ...