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The dark side of globalization. The vicious cycle of exploitation from world market integration: Lesson from the Congo
Exenberger, Andreas; Hartmann, Simon - 2007
The Congo region is one of the best examples of the negative consequences of world market integration (and hence globalization) in the world. Today's Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is an almost perfectly failing state - although not necessarily with respect to a state's function as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293417
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What drives the global land rush?
Arezki, Rabah; Deininger, Klaus; Selod, Harris - 2011
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280643
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The dark side of globalization : the vicious cycle of exploitation from world market integration ; lesson from the Congo
Exenberger, Andreas; Hartmann, Simon - 2007
The Congo region is one of the best examples of the negative consequences of world market integration (and hence globalization) in the world. Today's Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is an almost "perfectly" failing state - although not necessarily with respect to a state's function as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009731796
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Why are the stakes so high? : misconceptions and misunderstandings in China's global quest for energy security
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2012
China's global quest for resources, in particular oil and natural gas, has received unprecedented worldwide attention … and scrutiny. This is partly because of China's own high-profile, active energy diplomacy, its national oil companies …' acquisitions in the key exporting regions of oil and natural gas and some debatable issues about the management and operation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009565849
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What drives the global land rush?
Arezki, Rabah; Deininger, Klaus W.; Selod, Harris - 2011
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009387247
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What Drives the Global Land Rush?
Arezki, Rabah - 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092012
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The European Union As a Manager of Global 'Business and Human Rights' Regulation : Country-by-Country Reporting Rules
Nissen, Aleydis - 2020
corporate payments made to governments all over the world for the purpose of exploiting natural resources in the oil, gas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014102772
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Why are the Stakes so High? Misconceptions and Misunderstandings in China’s Global Quest for Energy Security
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2012
China’s global quest for resources, in particular oil and natural gas, has received unprecedented worldwide attention … and scrutiny. This is partly because of China’s own high-profile, active energy diplomacy, its national oil companies …’ acquisitions in the key exporting regions of oil and natural gas and some debatable issues about the management and operation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014167160
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Why are the Stakes So High? Misconceptions and Misunderstandings in China's Global Quest for Energy Security
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2012
China’s global quest for resources, in particular oil and natural gas, has received unprecedented worldwide attention … and scrutiny. This is partly because of China’s own high-profile, active energy diplomacy, its national oil companies …’ acquisitions in the key exporting regions of oil and natural gas and some debatable issues about the management and operation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014169881
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The dark side of globalization : the vicious cycle of exploitation from world market integration ; lesson from the Congo
Exenberger, Andreas; Hartmann, Simon - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003675458