(Mis)investment in agriculture: The role of the International Finance Corporation in the global land grab
    New report by Oakland Institute exposes the role of the World Bank’s private sector branch, International Finance Corporation, in fueling land grabs.
    • Oakland Institute
    • 26 April 2010
    (Mis)investment in Agriculture: Foreword by Howard G. Buffett
    "Here’s what I’m sure of: these deals will make the rich richer and the poor poorer, creating clear winners who benefit while the losers are denied their livelihoods."
    • Oakland Institute
    • 26 April 2010
    IFC lends a hand in great "land grab"
    As the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, announces plans to increase investment in agribusiness by up to 30 per cent in the next three years, NGO reports shed light on the IFC's role in the 'land grab' movement and flaws in its approach to the food crisis.
    • Bretton Woods Project
    • 20 November 2009
    Rich countries feeding on poor countries' farmland
    These issues will be central to the World Summit on Food Security to be held from November 16 through 18 at the headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome.
    • ENS
    • 02 November 2009
    The great land grab: Rush for world's farmland threatens food security for the poor
    A new report from the Oakland Institute lays bare the insidious role played by international financial institutions like the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank and Foreign Investment Advisory Service, as well as rich nations, in promoting and facilitating this widespread land reappropriation--all in the name of promoting food security through foreign investment in agriculture.
    • Oakland Institute
    • 08 October 2009

Who's involved?

Whos Involved?

Carbon land deals




  • 07 Oct 2025 - Cape Town, South Africa
    Land, Life and Society: International conference on the road to ICARRD+20
  • Languages



    Special content



    Archives


    Latest posts