Foreign land barons are using millions of shillings to hire elite law firms for advice on how to protect their property should Kenyans pass the proposed Constitution — that bars them from owning land — in Wednesday's vote.

To speak only of the ‘threats and potential opportunities’ that these investments highlight leaves underexposed the grave risks to human rights that they pose, writes Dr. Margot Salomon, from the London School of Economics

Dúvida, no texto levado à aprovação de Lula, é se proibição deve valer também para as compras já realizadas

Au Sénégal, ce sont les zones sud qui souffrent le plus de ce phénomène. Et ce sont les femmes qui en perdent le plus.

Los 'negocios' cambian de sentido cuando la inversión es subordinada a razones estratégicas de un Estado extranjero.

"Os chineses compraram a África e estão tentando comprar o Brasil", disse o professor Delfim Netto em entrevista ao Estado de domingo. Pode haver algum exagero de linguagem, mas a preocupação é justificável.

"Investors are targeting countries with weak laws, buying arable land on the cheap, and failing to deliver on promises of jobs and investments," says a leaked draft of the World Bank report

MT, SP e MS são os estados que cederam mais área para não-brasileiros

Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott said his Liberal-National coalition of center-right parties could revise the country's foreign investment laws if it wins power in the Aug. 21 general election.

BlackRock agriculture fund manager says they are investing in companies that own land and grow crops.

US agribusiness group Bunge Ltd is actively scouting out for palm plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia to cater to rising demand from Asian economies

The way to make it possible for third parties to benefit materially in exchange for a signature is to eliminate the profit motive.