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2020-12-08

Investment Promotion Agencies from Estonia, India and Rwanda receive UN Awards for excellence in their COVID-19 responses

The Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency wins special recognition for mainstreaming gender in investment promotion. UNCTAD has awarded three investment promotion agencies for their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The winners were announced during the...

Don’t grab land, invest in the locals

Islamic Finance

2013-01-23

Don’t grab land, invest in the locals

Multinational corporations and nations buy up land in foreign countries, most of them intending to export the production. Oxfam recently published a report about this phenomenon, called land-grabbing and its problems for the local societies. However, the Oxfam’s study also gives recommendations for a possible solution to the dilemma.

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http://blog.myc4.com/2013/01/16/dont-grab-land-invest-in-the-locals/

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