Documents & Reports
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The impact of larger-scale agricultural investments on local communities : updated voices from the field (English)
This report is an update to the above mentioned UNCTAD/World Bank study (the ‘first phase’). Following that researchers revisited eight operations in four countries (Cambodia, Ethiopia, Mozambique and...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 114544 Document Date: April 20, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Speller,William Robert,Mirza, Hafiz,Giroud, Axèle,Salguero Huaman,Jacqueline Rose Mary,Dixie,Grahame,Okumura,Asuka
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Investment contracts for agriculture : maximizing gains and minimizing risks (English)
The recent increase in private investment in large-scale agricultural projects in developing countries has raised concerns about the implications for longer-term sustainability and food security in host...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 100052 Document Date: October 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Investment contracts for agriculture : maximizing gains and minimizing risks : Contrats d’investissement dans l’agriculture : maximisation des bénéfices et minimisation des risques (French)
Private investment in agriculture in developing countries, both domestic and foreign, has been on the rise for nearly two decades. This paper focuses on large-scale agricultural projects in developing...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 94895 Document Date: June 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Smaller,Carin,Speller,William Robert,Mirza,Hafiz Rohman,Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Nathalie,Dixie,Grahame
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Investment contracts for agriculture : maximizing gains and minimizing risks (Japanese)
Private investment in agriculture in developing countries, both domestic and foreign, has been on the rise for nearly two decades. This paper focuses on large-scale agricultural projects in developing...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 94895 Document Date: June 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Smaller,Carin,Speller,William Robert,Mirza,Hafiz Rohman,Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Nathalie,Dixie,Grahame
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Investment contracts for agriculture : maximizing gains and minimizing risks (English)
Private investment in agriculture in developing countries, both domestic and foreign, has been on the rise for nearly two decades. This paper focuses on large-scale agricultural projects in developing...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 94895 Document Date: June 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Smaller,Carin,Speller,William Robert,Mirza,Hafiz Rohman,Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Nathalie,Dixie,Grahame
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The practice of responsible investment principles in larger-scale agricultural investments : implications for corporate performance and impact on local communities (English)
This report presents findings from a field-based survey on the conduct of agricultural operations at 39 large-scale, mature agribusiness investments in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. The objective...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 86175 Document Date: April 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mirza, Hafiz,Speller, William,Dixie,Grahame,Goodman,Zoe