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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781088203321

Autore

Moyo Sam

Titolo

African land questions, agrarian transitions and the state [[electronic resource] ] : contradictions of neo-liberal land reforms / / Sam Moyo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Senegal, : CODESRIA, c2008

ISBN

1-282-90123-0

9786612901232

2-86978-384-1

2-86978-340-X

2-86978-265-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Working paper series

Green book

Disciplina

333.3096

Soggetti

Land reform - Africa

Land tenure - Africa

Agriculture and state - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

LC copy imperfect: p. 157 is blank.

"Green book"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-159).

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Boxes and Tables; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Conceptual Issues and Perspectives on the Land and Agrarian Question; 3 - African Land Questions: Trends and Tendencies; 4 - Gender Land Inequalities and Tenure Insecurity; 5 - The African State, Land Reform and Politics; 6 - Social Movements, Civil Society and Land Reform; 7 - Conclusions and Suggested Research Directions; Notes; References; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This empirically grounded study provides a critical reflection on the land question in Africa, research on which tends to be tangential, conceptually loose and generally inadequate. It argues that the most pressing research concern must be to understand the precise nature of the African land question, its land reforms and their effects on development. To unravel the roots of land conflicts in Africa requires thorough understanding of the complex social and political



contradictions which have ensued from colonial and post-colonial land policies, as well as from Africa's 'development' and capita

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788221703321

Autore

Mejean Isabelle

Titolo

The Location of Domestic and Foreign Production Affiliates by French Multinational Firms / / Isabelle Mejean, Thierry Mayer, Benjamin Nefussi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2010

ISBN

1-4623-0429-X

1-4527-7628-8

9786612845307

1-4519-6234-7

1-282-84530-6

Descrizione fisica

31 p. : ill

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

MayerThierry

NefussiBenjamin

Soggetti

Investments, Foreign

Investments

Corporate Finance

Econometrics

Exports and Imports

Labor

Production and Operations Management

Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies

Economic Integration

International Investment

Long-term Capital Movements

Multinational Firms

International Business

Macroeconomics: Production

Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models

Discrete Regressors

Proportions

Employment

Unemployment

Wages

Intergenerational Income Distribution

Aggregate Human Capital



Aggregate Labor Productivity

Finance

Multinationals

Macroeconomics

Econometrics & economic statistics

Labour

income economics

Foreign direct investment

Transnational corporations

Productivity

Logit models

Balance of payments

Economic sectors

Production

Econometric analysis

International business enterprises

Industrial productivity

Econometric models

Economic theory

France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Economists interested in location choices usually focus their attention on investments abroad. This neglects the fact that multinational enterprises continue to invest domestically while undertaking foreign expansion. This paper compares investments at home and abroad. Our firm-level dataset shows an important home bias in productive investments. Part of this "excessive" domestic investment is explained by standard determinants of location choices. The interdependence between affiliates of the same industrial group however accounts for the lion's share of the home bias. Moreover, French firms' propensity to invest abroad is positively related to their productivity and the size of their intangible assets.