Handbook of Translocal Development and Global Mobilities

Edited by Annelies Zoomers, formerly Professor of International Development Studies, Utrecht University, Maggi Leung, Professor, Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Kei Otsuki and Guus Van Westen, Associate Professors, Department of Human Geography and Planning, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

• Contents:1 Introduction to the Handbook of Translocal Development andGlobal Mobilities 1Guus van Westen, Maggi Leung, Kei Otsuki and Annelies ZoomersPART I TRANSLOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN MIGRATORYLANDSCAPES2 Moving far away to stay: translocal livelihoods, labourmigration corridors and mobility in rural Nicaragua 13Nanneke Winters, Griet Steel and Carlos Sosa3 Environmentally related migration in the digital age: the caseof Bangladesh 27Ingrid Boas4 Development against migration: investments, partnerships andcounter-tactics in the West African–European migration industry 42Joris SchapendonkPART II TRANSLOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN LANDSCAPESOF VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT AND AGRIBUSINESS5 Beyond the value chain: local impacts of ‘global’ inclusiveagribusiness investments – examples from Ghana 58Guus van Westen6 Land-based investments and the inevitability of increasedfarmer–Fulani pastoralist conflicts in Northern Ghana 76Sebastiaan Soeters, Ruben Weesie and Annelies Zoomers7 Global flows of investments in agriculture andirrigation-related technologies in sub-Saharan Africa 92Janwillem Liebrand, Wouter Beekman, Chris de Bont and Gert JanVeldwisch8 Land investment flows and translocal development chains of‘impairing destruction’ 110Alberto Alonso-FradejasPART III TRANSLOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN LANDSCAPESOF NATURE CONSERVATION AND WILDLIFECONSERVATION9 Global investment flows in land restoration and nature conservation 131Marja Spierenburg10 Involuntary resettlement projects as a frontier of sustainabletranslocal development 147Kei OtsukiPART IV TRANSLOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN LANDSCAPESOF LARGE-SCALE MINING11 The mining sector in sub-Saharan Africa: flows of capital andpeople in large-scale mining and artisanal and small-scale mining 162Chris Huggins12 Corporate and migrant investment in a gold-miningdevelopment corridor: the case of Suriname 179Marjo de Theije13 Civil society’s positionality in new development chains:insights from the land and mining sectors in Tanzania 191Joanny Bélair and Thabit JacobPART V TRANSLOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN LANDSCAPESOF NEW CITY DEVELOPMENT AND URBANINFRASTRUCTURES14 New master-planned cities in Africa: translocal flows‘touching ground’? 206Femke van Noorloos15 Urban infrastructure and displacement: two sides of thesustainability coin 218Murtah Shannon16 Conclusions 232Kei Otsuki, Guus van Westen and Annelies ZoomersIndex

'This exceptionally rich and innovative text engages issues of translocal development and mobility through detailed, often empirically-based case studies. Its chapters expand on how meta-trend such as digitalization and environmental degradation affect development, and advocate for a mobilities perspective in analysing and addressing resulting issues. ''Local'' perspectives are highlighted to give guidance to policymakers on how to avoid the pitfalls and unintended consequences of previous approaches. It offers us a new way to think through the major issues of our time.'