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Large-Scale Land Acquisitions

By Christophe Gironde

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Book Description

This book examines large-scale land acquisitions, or

Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword
Preface
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Part 1 Setting the Scene: History, State, and Law
1 Large-Scale Land Acquisitions: A Historical Perspective
2 States as Actors in International Agro-Investments
3 The Role of Property Rights in the Debate on Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
Part 2 Land Dynamics and Livelihoods in South-East Asia
4 The Impact of Larger-Scale Agricultural Investments on Communities in South-East Asia: A First Assessment
5 Sweet and Bitter: Trajectories of Sugar Cane Investments in Northern Luzon, the Philippines, and Aceh, Indonesia, 2006–13
6 Marginal Land or Marginal People? Analysing Patterns and Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in South-East Asia
7 From Lagging Behind to Losing Ground: Cambodian and Laotian Household Economy and Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
8 ‘Better-Practice’ Concessions? Lessons from Cambodia’s Leopard-Skin Landscape
Part 3 Human Rights and Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
9 Identifying and Monitoring Human RightsViolations Associated with Large-Scale Land Acquisitions: A Focus on United Nations Mechanisms and South-East Asia
10 Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Cambodia: Where Do (Human Rights) Law and Practice Meet?
Conclusion
11 Large-Scale Land Acquisitions, Livelihoods and Human Rights in South-East Asia
Index

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