Foreign Investment in Agricultural Production : Opportunities and Challenges

Foreign Investment in Agricultural Production : Opportunities and Challenges

The recent surge in food and fuel prices has prompted countries with high dependence on food imports to try and lock in future food supplies through direct investment in agricultural production in other countries. The price surges also led to a wav...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Songwe, Vera, Deininger, Klaus
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
BANK POLICY
BEST PRACTICES
BUSINESS INVESTMENTS
CIVIL WAR
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMMODITY PRICES
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
CROPS
DEMOCRACIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT
DIRECT INVESTMENT
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DOMESTIC PRICES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC REALITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
EQUATOR PRINCIPLES
EXPORT MARKETS
EXPROPRIATION
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
FARM SIZE
FARMERS
FARMLAND
FARMS
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FOOD PRICES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTORS
HERDERS
HOLDINGS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPLICIT SUBSIDIES
INCOME
INCOMES
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INSURANCE
INVESTING
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
KIND OF INVESTMENT
LAND ACQUISITION
LAND HOLDING
LAND POLICIES
LAND POLICY
LAND RIGHTS
LAND TRANSFERS
LAND USE
LAND USE PLANNING
LANDHOLDERS
LEASE PAYMENTS
MARKETING
NATURAL RESOURCE
OIL
OUTPUT
OUTSIDE INVESTORS
POLITICAL RISKS
POTENTIAL INVESTORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC LAND
PUBLIC SERVICES
PURCHASES
RATES OF GROWTH
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RETURNS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SALES
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL WELFARE
TAX
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSACTION
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE
TYPES OF INVESTMENT
VALUATIONS
VOLATILITY
WAGE
WAGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10251443/foreign-investment-agricultural-production-opportunities-challenges
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9501

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10251443/foreign-investment-agricultural-production-opportunities-challenges
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9501

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