Are Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Africa Pro-development? A Network Analysis of FDI in Land and Agro-industry

Nadia Cuffaro (), Laura Prota and Raffaele Bertini
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Nadia Cuffaro: University of Cassino
Laura Prota: The American University Rome
Raffaele Bertini: Food and Agriculture Organization

A chapter in The Palgrave Handbook of Africa’s Economic Sectors, 2022, pp 87-116 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter investigates whether large-scale land acquisitions (LSLA) in Africa are associated with agro-industry investments and if this association impacts growth. We first review the geographic pattern of land investments across the continent and the transmission channels between LSLA and growth. Secondly, we use network analysis to test whether the network of LSLA is correlated to that of agro-investments. We find a moderate and significant positive correlation between LSLA and agro-industry investments. This correlation is mostly driven by central investor countries (USA, Saudi Arabia, and Great Britain) who systematically couple LSLA with agro-investments. All other countries, by contrast, follow a decoupled strategy where LSLA is not associated with any productive investments. Finally, only a few African countries attract both LSLA and agro-investments.

Keywords: Large scale land acquisitions; Africa; FDI; Africa land (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-75556-0_4

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