This paper focuses on the regulatory frameworks that determine the conditions of access for foreign investors and the degree of control that national authorities can (or can no longer) maintain over land in sub-Saharan Africa

The Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (Stiglitz et al., 2009) published in September 2009 has brought back to the attention of policy makers and researchers that measuring a country’s development solely on the basis of GDP or GDP per capita...