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Trends and impacts of foreign investment in developing country agriculture

Evidence from case studies

It is important that any international investment should bring development benefits to the receiving country in terms of technology transfer, employment creation, upstream and downstream linkages and so on if these investments are to be “win-win” rather than “neo-colonialism”. These beneficial flows are not automatic: care must be taken in the formulation of investment contracts and selection of business model. Appropriate legislative and policy frameworks need to be in place. The case studies in this book describe the extent, nature and impacts of international investments and examine the effectiveness of policy and legal frameworks. Obviously, generalizations are difficult both on the impacts of foreign investments and on the best regulatory approaches but the studies provide a wealth of insights which should be valuable to host country governments and investors alike. Their findings shed light on a number of issues including the extent to which forms of investment other than land acquisition – such as contract farming, out-grower schemes and other joint ventures - are more likely to yield development benefits to host countries. They highlight the importance of stronger governance in the host country and provide some indications of the priority areas of focus for international efforts to formulate guiding principles for responsible agricultural investments.

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发布者: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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作者: Team on International Investment in Agriculture, Standards and Partnerships for Sustainable Trade of FAO’s Trade and Market Division
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年份: 2013
国际标准图书编号: 978-92-5-107401-5
国家: Brazil, Cambodia, Ghana, Senegal, Thailand, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia
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类别: 书籍
内容语言: English
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