dc.contributor.author | Lavers, Tom | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-18T12:17:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-03-18T12:17:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lavers, T. (2011). ‘The role of foreign investment in Ethiopia’s smallholder-focused agricultural development strategy’, LDPI Working Paper 2. PLAAS, UWC: Cape Town. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/4556 | |
dc.description.abstract | Recent foreign agricultural investment in Africa has generated a great deal of interest and criticism,
with western media warning of a neo-colonial ‘land grab’.
This paper moves beyond this narrow assessment by examining the political and social dynamics of
foreign agricultural investment in Ethiopia, a country that has figured prominently in recent
debates. The paper links macro-level analysis regarding the types of projects and their role in the
Ethiopian economy to case studies of investments at the micro-level, which examine changing
patterns of land use and implications for displacement, employment and technology transfer. The
paper concludes that the expansion of foreign investment in Ethiopia is part of a government move
towards an export-led development strategy. As such, macro-benefits in terms of increased foreign
exchange earnings come at the cost of increased micro-level risks to those living near new
investments, in particular, politically marginalised pastoral populations in remote regions. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | LDPI Working Paper;2 | |
dc.subject | Ethiopia | en_US |
dc.subject | Foreign agricultural investment | en_US |
dc.subject | Land grab | en_US |
dc.subject | Smallholder agriculture | en_US |
dc.subject | Displacement | en_US |
dc.title | The role of foreign investment in Ethiopia’s smallholder-focused agricultural development strategy | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |