An unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Fearing future food shortages or eager to profit from them … tracts of land around the world. The scale is astounding: parcels the size of small countries are being gobbled up across the …. Veteran science writer Fred Pearce spent a year circling the globe to find out who was doing the buying, whose land was being …

Large-scale land acquisitions, or "land grabs", concentrate in developing countries which are also known for their … countries from 2000-2011, we provide evidence that these land deals indeed occur more often in countries with higher levels of …

Large-scale land acquisitions often take place in developing countries which are also known for their corruption …-friendliness caused by weak institutional frameworks. We hypothesize that corruption indeed leads to more land deals. We argue that … large-scale land deals indeed occur more often in countries with higher levels of corruption. The estimated effects are also …