The role of foreign investment in Ethiopia’s smallholder-focused agricultural development strategy

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dc.contributor.authorLavers, Tom
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-18T12:17:39Z
dc.date.available2019-03-18T12:17:39Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractRecent foreign agricultural investment in Africa has generated a great deal of interest and criticism, with western media warning of a neo-colonial ‘land grab’. This paper moves beyond this narrow assessment by examining the political and social dynamics of foreign agricultural investment in Ethiopia, a country that has figured prominently in recent debates. The paper links macro-level analysis regarding the types of projects and their role in the Ethiopian economy to case studies of investments at the micro-level, which examine changing patterns of land use and implications for displacement, employment and technology transfer. The paper concludes that the expansion of foreign investment in Ethiopia is part of a government move towards an export-led development strategy. As such, macro-benefits in terms of increased foreign exchange earnings come at the cost of increased micro-level risks to those living near new investments, in particular, politically marginalised pastoral populations in remote regions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLavers, T. (2011). ‘The role of foreign investment in Ethiopia’s smallholder-focused agricultural development strategy’, LDPI Working Paper 2. PLAAS, UWC: Cape Town.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4556
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInstitute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Capeen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLDPI Working Paper;2
dc.subjectEthiopiaen_US
dc.subjectForeign agricultural investmenten_US
dc.subjectLand graben_US
dc.subjectSmallholder agricultureen_US
dc.subjectDisplacementen_US
dc.titleThe role of foreign investment in Ethiopia’s smallholder-focused agricultural development strategyen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US

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