The Role of Property Rights in the Debate on Large-Scale Land Acquisitions

The initial reaction to the sudden increase in large-scale leases and acquisitions of farmland in developing countries has been to promote titling schemes, allowing landusers, often poorly protected under customary forms of tenure, to be recognised as fully fledged owners of their land—allowing them...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olivier De Schutter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement 2015-10-01
Series:Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/poldev/2026