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Global Governance Meets Local Land Tenure: International Codes of Conduct for Responsible Land Investments in Uganda

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Throughout the last decade, the international donor community has developed a plethora of regulatory initiatives for responsible agricultural investments. It remains unclear how such guidelines are invoked in practice in investment cases, and whether their use can prevent conflict and protect local land rights, as promoted. Uncovering how international guidelines work necessitates an understanding of the formal-legal setting and underlying land tenure regimes that shape investment projects. In Uganda, these contexts vary from region to region and investments take place on land held under various tenure regimes, including private, state-owned, and customary land. Based on 8 months of fieldwork in Uganda, I compare three cases of large-scale land investments in different settings and argue that variation in the underlying land tenure systems determines the variation, uneven applicability and effectiveness of global governance mechanisms.

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  • Carolin Dieterle, 2022. "Global Governance Meets Local Land Tenure: International Codes of Conduct for Responsible Land Investments in Uganda," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(3), pages 582-598, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:58:y:2022:i:3:p:582-598
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2021.1983165
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    1. Rincón Barajas, Jorge A. & Kubitza, Christoph & Lay, Jann, 2024. "Large-scale acquisitions of communal land in the Global South: Assessing the risks and formulating policy recommendations," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 139(C).
    2. Juliet Katusiime & Brigitta Schütt, 2023. "Towards Legislation Responsive to Integrated Watershed Management Approaches and Land Tenure," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-27, January.
    3. Yilin Cui & Cong Li & Yan Jiang, 2024. "The Role of Procedural Fairness: Land Titling Programs and Agricultural Investment in China," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-19, September.
    4. Deininger, Klaus W. & Ali, Daniel Ayalew & Neyter, Roman, 2023. "Impacts of a mandatory shift to decentralized online auctions on revenue from public land leases in Ukraine," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 213(C), pages 432-450.

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