Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Land in developing countries

ABSTRACTED FROM PREFACE: This study by GTZ on behalf of BMZ focuses on these challenges and attempts to analyse the so far existing FDI in land. It aims to broaden the understanding of the complexity of FDI in land in order to provide for better-targeted ways of addressing those investments. Therefore the study presents background information, causes and impact chains as well as recent developments concerning large-scale land acquisition on the basis of four case study countries. Cambodia, Lao PDR, Madagascar and Mali have been selected out of many least developed countries which are among the potential hosts for FDI in land. Even though exact information on contractual details remains limited, exemplary insights in land use rights and land conflicts, investment climate and legal requirements, current land deals, as well as social and environmental opportunities and risks are given. To initiate developmental benefits from private and/or public sector FDI in land, recommendations are given how to improve the institutional environment and the acceptance of foreign investment in land serving as an overview of the resulting need for action for development cooperation.

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