Land, Rights and the Politics of Investments in Africa

Ruling Elites, Investors and Populations in Natural Resource Investments

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

AvLars Buur,José J. Macuane,Faustin P. Maganga,Rasmus H. Pedersen

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In response to the recent surge in extractive natural resource investments in Africa, this insightful book explores how relations between investors, ruling elites, and local populations develop when large-scale investments in gas, minerals, and agriculture expand.Advancing a multi-level approach that encompasses rigorous theoretical analysis, fieldwork, and literature review, expert contributors examine the implementation of natural resource investments and the extent to which they respect rights of local populations. Chapters draw together bodies of literature on land-grabbing debates, the resource curse controversy and corporate social responsibility (CSR), demonstrating how the chances of large-scale investments in natural resources are at their greatest when characterised by ‘reciprocal exchange deals’ between investors and local populations, ‘compatible interests’ between ruling elites and investors, and ‘mutual recognition’ between local populations and ruling elites. Through a careful examination of case studies in Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda, the book ultimately highlights the complexity of the political economy of natural resource investments. Providing valuable theoretical and empirical insights, this book will be an invigorating read for scholars and students of political economy, political geography, sustainability, CSR, and business studies. Its valuable insights on how natural resource investments might accelerate economic growth and consolidate links between local and global economies will also be of interest to development practitioners and investors.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-03-21
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781800377257

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Edited by Lars Buur, Professor in the Political Economy of Development, Roskilde University, Denmark, José Jaime Macuane, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, University Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique, Faustin Peter Maganga, Associate Professor, Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC), St. John’s University of Tanzania, Tanzania and Rasmus H. Pedersen, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark

Contents:Introduction to Land, Rights and the Politics of Investments in Africa 1Lars Buur, José J. Macuane, Faustin Maganga and Rasmus H. Pedersen1 Community participation in Tanzania’s petroleum sector 37Opportuna L. Kweka and Rasmus H. Pedersen2 LNG investments in Mozambique: compensation dealsand the dynamics of local state-making 58Padil Salimo3 The double role of the state: the state as investor andmediator in the Tanzanian coal sector 77Thabit Jacob4 Riding the waves of change: changing relations in theUgandan sugar sector 99Malin J. Nystrand, Arthur Sserwanga and Brenda Kyomuhendo5 The politics of the smallholder–investor relationship in theTanzanian sugar sector 124Emmanuel Sulle, Faustin Maganga, Rose Qamara, EvansBoadu, Happiness Malle and Onesmo Minani6 A failing local exchange deal: rights to land and resourcesin the WanBao rice investment in Mozambique 146Lars Buur and Kathrin Beykirch7 Exchange relations in rice contract farming schemes in Tanzania 173Eileen Dyer Jarnholt, Faustin Maganga and George Schoneveld8 Conclusion 194Lars Buur and Rasmus H. PedersenIndex 205

‘Challenging established approaches to understanding the drivers shaping large-scale investments, state policy-making and social outcomes in contemporary Africa’s extractive resources, this new collection of sectoral studies confronts head-on a critical research gap in the current literature: what role do local communities and interests play in shaping foreign investments and state regulation, and how do the evolving relations among public, private and social actors inflect the trajectory of resource based development strategies? In response, this book provides a fresh, richly-detailed body of evidence and analysis which marks an important contribution to comparative and public policy research in Africa’s key natural resources sector.’