Foreign acquisitions of land in developing countries. Risks, opportunities and new actors

Titolo Rivista QA Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi-Doria
Autori/Curatori Nadia Cuffaro, Giorgia Giovannetti, Salvatore Monni
Anno di pubblicazione 2013 Fascicolo 2013/2
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 28 P. 9-36 Dimensione file 433 KB
DOI 10.3280/QU2013-002001
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Il numero monografico è dedicato al dibattito sulle grandi acquisizioni di terre nei Paesi in via di sviluppo da parte di investitori stranieri. Questo saggio riepiloga gli andamenti recenti di tali investimenti, fornendo un quadro interpretativo per i diversi lavori che seguono. Il lavoro si articola in tre parti dedicate all’analisi delle determinanti, delle opportunità e dei rischi, e alla regolamentazione. Le acquisizioni avvengono spesso nel contesto di diritti di proprietà complessi e/o incerti; alcuni soggetti coinvolti possono avere insufficiente "voce" rispetto ai propri governi; i governi possono avere limiti in termini di capacità di pianificazione e regolamentazione. Possibili rischi sono associati ai diritti di proprietà, in particolare alla eventuale perdita di diritti d’uso della terra, alla concentrazione della proprietà terriera, alla mancanza di trasparenza dei contratti che regolano gli investimenti.;

Keywords:IDE, Land grabbing, Diritti di proprietà

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Nadia Cuffaro, Giorgia Giovannetti, Salvatore Monni, Foreign acquisitions of land in developing countries. Risks, opportunities and new actors in "QA Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi-Doria" 2/2013, pp 9-36, DOI: 10.3280/QU2013-002001