AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

By B. LAARS

BACKGROUND 1 1 1 THE CURRENT LAND RUSH 1 1 2 LSLAS AS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON 1 1 3 THE ROLE OF THE LAW LSLAS AND RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RESEARCH QUESTION AND AIM OF THE STUDY 1 3 1 LARGE-SCALE LAND ACQUISITIONS 1 3 2 RURAL HOUSEHOLDS 1 3 3 THE IMPACT OF LSLAS ON RURAL HOUSEHOLDS 1 3 4 ETHIOPIA AND TANZANIA METHODOLOGY RELEVANCE OF THE STUDY BOOK OUTLINE 2 LSLAS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS INTRODUCTION OF THE SECOND CHAPTER THE FOUR DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS EFFICIENCY, DISTRIBUTION AND WIN-WIN 2 3 1 EQUITY AND EFFICIENCY IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2 3 2 LSLAS AND WIN-WIN SOLUTIONS 2 3 3 THE FOUR DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS AND THE EQUITY/EFFICIENCY CLAIMS PATHWAY (1) ACCESS TO LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES 2 4 1 PRIVATE PROPERTY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2 4 2 LAND USE SYSTEMS 2 4 3 LAND GOVERNANCE PATHWAY (2) RETURNS TO LAND CONTROLLED BY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS 2 5 1 INFRASTRUCTURE/NON-NATURAL CAPITAL 2 5 2 ACCESS TO CREDIT 2 5 3 SUSTAINABLE USE OF RESOURCES PATHWAY (3) ACCESS TO LABOUR 2 6 1 INCREASED RETURNS TO LABOUR 2 6 2 INCREASED VULNERABILITY IN MARKET ACCESS 2 6 3 LABOUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR RURAL MINORITIES PATHWAY (4) PRICE OF AGRICULTURAL GOODS 2 7 1 RURAL MARKETS FOR AGRICULTURAL GOODS 2 7 2 LSLAS AND AGRICULTURAL GOODS THE INSTITUTIONS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LSLA CONCLUSIONS OF THE SECOND CHAPTER 3 POLICY INTRODUCTION OF THE THIRD CHAPTER INTERNATIONAL POLICY TOOLS: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 3 2 1 PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 3 2 2 CERTIFICATION SCHEMES LSLAS AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IN AFRICA 3 3 1 CUSTOMARY RIGHTS IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENT 3 3 2 WEAK LAND RIGHTS AND THE STATE 3 3 3 THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES RIGHTS ETHIOPIA 3 4 1 NATIONAL POLICY ON RURAL LAND AND AGRICULTURE 3 4 2 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LSLA POLICY IN ETHIOPIA 3 4 3 TARGET AREAS TANZANIA 3 5 1 LAND RIGHTS IN TANZANIA 3 5 2 RULES REGULATING LAND ACQUISITIONS IN TANZANIA 3 5 3 THE SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL GROWTH CORRIDOR OF TANZANIA CONCLUSIONS OF THE THIRD CHAPTER 4 QUALITATIVE EVIDENCE INTRODUCTION OF THE FOURTH CHAPTER QUALITATIVE EVIDENCE FROM ETHIOPIA 4 2 1 SOURCES 4 2 2 ACCESS TO LAND 4 2 3 RETURNS TO LAND 4 2 4 RETURNS TO LABOUR 4 2 5 PRICE OF AGRICULTURAL GOODS QUALITATIVE EVIDENCE FROM TANZANIA 4 3 1 SOURCES 4 3 2 ACCESS TO LAND 4 3 3 RETURNS TO LAND 4 3 4 RETURNS TO LABOUR 4 3 5 PRICE OF AGRICULTURAL GOODS CONCLUSIONS OF THE FOURTH CHAPTER 5 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS INTRODUCTION ACCESS TO LAND AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES RETURNS TO LAND RETURNS TO LABOUR PRICE OF AGRICULTURAL GOODS OBSERVATIONS REFERENCES