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Economics

The Political Economy of Land Grabbing in the Global South

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Between 2000 and 2020, over 50 million hectares of land in the Global South were transferred to foreign investors — an area roughly the size of Spain — often via opaque deals that bypass local land users.

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When a Saudi company buys a million hectares of farmland in Ethiopia to grow rice for its people, national governments cheer the investment while local farmers face eviction. Why does this happen, and who actually wins?