Africa: Land Deals In Africa: What Is In The Contracts?

Africa: Land Deals In Africa: What Is In The Contracts? Lorenzo Cotula, 2011   Over the past few years, agribusiness, investment funds and government agencies have been acquiring long-term rights over large areas of land in Africa. Together with applicable national and international law, contracts define the terms of an investment project, and the way risks, costs and benefits are distributed. Who has the authority to sign the contract and through what process greatly influences the extent...

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