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| Visser, Oane; Spoor, Max. |
| While ‘land grabbing’ in Africa by China, and other populous, high-income Asian countries such as South Korea got quite some attention, land grabbing in post-Soviet Eurasia has gone largely unnoticed. However, as this paper shows, recently also in the latter region foreign state and private companies are accumulating vast expanses of farm land. The paper discusses the factors which make post-Soviet Eurasia such an attractive area for international investment, with arguably much more potential than most areas in Africa or Asia. Second, the process of land accumulation and acquisition of farms is described. Both domestic as well as international accumulation of land is dealt with, placing this in the domestic context of agricultural development and... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Land grabbing; Post-Soviet countries; Agroholdings; Economic inequality; Community/Rural/Urban Development. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95314 |
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| Tisdell, Clement A.. |
| Taking into account Kuznet’s hypothesis, considers the general relationship between the evolution and extension of market systems and the incidence of poverty and economic inequality. It suggests that a re-evaluation of the Kuznet’s curve is needed because income inequality has been rising in many countries, with growing economic liberalisation, expansion of globalisation and greater reliance on markets. Nevertheless, societies that experience a rapid transition from traditional, centrally controlled, or social welfare economic systems to market-based ones often experience a substantial rise in their incidence of poverty and income inequality, at least initially. Some of the reasons for this and the processes mentioned are outlined. The recent upward... |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Kuznet's curve; Economic inequality; Poverty; Economic growth; Environmental Economics and Policy; Productivity Analysis. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123543 |
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