Foreign Investment in Agricultural Production : Opportunities and Challenges
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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The recent surge in food and fuel prices
has prompted countries with high dependence on food imports
to try and lock in future food supplies through direct
investment in agricultural production in other countries.
The price surges also led to a wave of proposals to invest
in biofuels investments in agricultural land. While such
investment can provide large benefits, it also carries
considerable risks both to investors and citizens in the
locality of the investment. To ensure that investments
provide broad benefits and effectively contribute to larger
development outcomes, enforceable property rights and
contractual agreements in many developing countries need to
be strengthened. This note considers how development
partners can help countries create the pre-conditions for
investment and proposes a governance framework to establish
minimum standards for it.
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AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURE, BANK POLICY, BEST PRACTICES, BUSINESS INVESTMENTS, CIVIL WAR, COMMODITIES, COMMODITY, COMMODITY PRICES, CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT, CROPS, DEMOCRACIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT, DIRECT INVESTMENT, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, DOMESTIC PRICES, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC REALITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, EQUATOR PRINCIPLES, EXPORT MARKETS, EXPROPRIATION, FACTORS OF PRODUCTION, FARM SIZE, FARMERS, FARMLAND, FARMS, FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FOOD PRICES, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTORS, HERDERS, HOLDINGS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMPLICIT SUBSIDIES, INCOME, INCOMES, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INSURANCE, INVESTING, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, KIND OF INVESTMENT, LAND ACQUISITION, LAND HOLDING, LAND POLICIES, LAND POLICY, LAND RIGHTS, LAND TRANSFERS, LAND USE, LAND USE PLANNING, LANDHOLDERS, LEASE PAYMENTS, MARKETING, NATURAL RESOURCE, OIL, OUTPUT, OUTSIDE INVESTORS, POLITICAL RISKS, POTENTIAL INVESTORS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATIZATION, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC LAND, PUBLIC SERVICES, PURCHASES, RATES OF GROWTH, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RETURNS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SALES, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL WELFARE, TAX, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRANSACTION, TRANSACTION COSTS, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE, TYPES OF INVESTMENT, VALUATIONS, VOLATILITY, WAGE, WAGES