World Bank

The wrongdoings of the Doing Business Rankings and the corporate take-over of agriculture
- BWP
- 19 Mar 2018
Handing over natural resources like land to corporations and destroying small-scale agriculture will not reduce poverty.
Govt secures Shs720b for oil palm expansion
- Daily Monitor
- 12 Mar 2018
Since 2006, a section of conservationists have been opposed to the Kalangala Oil Palm project as was the case with the BIDCO Buvuma project saying it is a big threat to the environment.
Regards sur les problèmes fonciers dans la zone agro écologique de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal
- Dakar Actu
- 01 Mar 2018
Les populations se sentent menacées par l’ampleur de l’agrobusiness et ses impacts négatifs, selon l'IPAR.
Le PDIDAS, un projet dédié pour l’essentiel aux investisseurs nationaux
- APS
- 01 Mar 2018
41 villages ont signé "un acte d’acquiescement", sorte de validation sociale nécessaire pour la légitimité des attributions de terrains : 19 364 hectares pour la production horticole (pour l'exportation)
Public Note: In the Cerrado of Piaui, Brazil, communities suffer violations and lose their land
- CPT et al.
- 23 February 2018
Groups once again publicly denounce the alarming increase in violence and violations of rights of the communities in the Cerrado in Piauí, part of the region where the federal government is implementing its Matopiba Agricultural Development Plan
36 Uganda farmers paid in Bidco project dispute
- Daily Nation
- 13 February 2018
Payoff follows mediation by the dispute resolution office of the World Bank’s IFC but of the 36 farmers who were compensated, eight later rejected the deal and are expected to take their case to court this month
Ghana : l’agrobusiness reste confronté à de nombreux problèmes en dépit de l’énorme potentiel agricole (SFI)
- Agence Ecofin
- 24 November 2017
Certaines entreprises doivent attendre plusieurs années afin de garantir leur bail foncier parce que obligées de négocier avec les communautés locales et les chefs traditionnels qui possèdent des droits fonciers coutumiers sur les terres
Safeguarding human rights in land related investments
- IFM
- 20 November 2017
Study commissioned by the German government to help identify whether there are differences and potential issues in the Voluntary Guidelines on Land that are currently omitted or only partially covered by the IFC PS or the World Bank Safeguards.
Investor Survey on Land Rights
- USAID
- 08 November 2017
We invite you to participate in the first biennial Investor Survey on Land Rights. The survey will track investor and operator perceptions and practices related to land tenure and property rights in land-based investments. The survey is being conducted by Indufor North America, managed by the Cloudburst Group, and initiated by USAID. The European Investment Bank is pleased to endorse this initiative.
Lettre ouverte sur le nouveau schéma du PDIDAS (Par Pr Ibrahima Arona DIALLO)
- Leral.net
- 05 November 2017
Cet expert associé à l’IPAR invite à poursuivre la réflexion pour affiner le schéma foncier opté par le PDIDAS car l’expression de « délibération sécurisée » pose beaucoup de problèmes au regard du droit.
World Bank names key principles of farmland turnover bill
- Interfax
- 04 October 2017
"The moratorium on agriculture land sales is a major impediment to attracting investment and unlocking productivity in Ukraine's agricultural sector," says World Bank.
Partage et expérimentation de la grille d'analyse des projets à incidence foncière dans la vallée du Fleuve Sénégal
- CNCR
- 02 October 2017
Le CNCR collecte les informations pour procéder à une analyse exhaustive des projets d’investissements sur le foncier dans la commune de Fass Ngom, dont la SCL et le PDIDAS