Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors and Contributors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Glossary of Arabic Terms -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Framework for a Discussion of Land Issues -- Chapter 1 Land Scarcity, Land Use Dynamics, and Land Use...

This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture. To do so, gravity models are estimated using data on bilateral investment relationships, together with newly constructed indicators of agro-ecological suitability in areas with low population density as...

This paper reviews the recent literature on rural-urban migration in developing countries, focusing on three key questions: What motivates or forces people to migrate?What costs do migrants face? What are the impacts of migration on migrants and the economy? The literature paints a complex...