The Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, from 19 to 23 May 2014. The theme of the meeting is "The Next 50 Years: The Africa We Want." Analysis Most of the 49 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have registered positive economic growth in recent years. Gross…
The production of agrofuel crops is believed to be playing a decisive role in the so-called "land rush," the international scramble for arable land in developing and emerging countries. Reports of an alarming wave of land acquisitions due to "agrofuels Hype" initiated by agrofuel investors have made…
Focus group discussion with people living close to land acquisition projects and expert interviews with respondents within the government, civil society and private sector concerning the process of acquiring land and/ or individual land acquisitions...
