Redeye Vancouver Cooperative Radio | December 20, 2011

Understanding land investment deals in Africa

By Manuel Schulte

Artist: Frederic Mousseau
Title: Understanding land investment deals in Africa
Album: Redeye: Vancouver Cooperative Radio
Genre: Interview
Year: 2011
Length: 15:48 minutes (14.46 MB)
Format: Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)

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Show Notes:

Africa is one of the key targets of a rush by investors to acquire more land. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have been actively involved in the internal politics of African countries for a number of years, but now they have been joined by corporations and the U.S. government. The land is easy to take control of because of the traditional system of ownership that exists in many African countries. Frederic Mousseau is policy director at the Oakland Institute in California.