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Private sector companies are ones that are not owned by the government. This is opposed to the public sector that consists of industries such as education and unemployment insurance.

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Land Corruption in Africa
24 January 2024
Southern Africa

Land ownership in South Africa is a complex topic, with dozens of laws regulating the purchase, redistribution, and tenure of land, as well as the property rights of landowners. These laws date back decades, through pre- and post-colonial apartheid eras, and they govern different spaces – urban and rural, commercial and residential, peri-urban and farming, and more.

Plantation in Sri Lanka
13 December 2022
Sri Lanka

Attempts to re-expropriate assets of Sri Lanka’s privatized commercial plantations on the pretext of being under-utilized will undermine property rights and discourage investors, officials and analysts said.

19 September 2022
Thailand

Thailand: Climate change strategy gives too much power to big corporations at the expense of local communities.

Demonstration for climate justice in India
4 July 2022
India
Global

The session Energy and Climate Justice: A Community aimed to cover discussions onglobal trends around renewable energy and climate finance by adopting a nexus approach connecting land tenure, community, and justice.

25 November 2021
Pakistan

Main photo: Special Assistant to PM on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam addresses the media about the launch of the Forest Restoration and Carbon Offset Programme at the Ministry of Climate Change. Image Credit: PID

(Photo: Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua via Getty Images)
9 July 2020
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Brazil
Afghanistan
India
Syrian Arab Republic
Yemen
Global

Oxfam International warned Thursday that up to 12,000 people could die each day by the end of the year as a result of hunger linked to the coronavirus pandemic—a daily death toll surpassing the daily mortality rate from Covid-19 itself.

April saw the highest global daily mortality rate for Covid-19 thus far with just over 10,000 deaths per day.

Agriculture minister Vincent Ssempijja launches the palm oil project. Photo | Shabibah Nakirigya
15 May 2021
Uganda

The private sector has been commended for their contribution to import substitution through the escalation of the growing of oil palm.

Inflated Deals Creat Debt Trao for Future Generations
1 December 2020
Lesotho

UNLESS Lesotho governments refrain from the habit of awarding grossly inflated tenders for various infrastructure projects, future generations will be caught up in a massive debt trap which will only impede the country’s development, analysts have warned.

Corporation to Develop Investment Projects on Public Landholdings - The Repoter
13 February 2021
Ethiopia

To Float bid to secure concept design for the projects


The newly established Land Bank and Development Corporation announced its plans to issue expression of interest to secure a concept design for a project that will be developed to investment projects on landholdings of federal government offices.


Responsible Land-Based Investment Navigator
12 May 2021
Global

Responsible Land-Based Investment Navigator (RLBI) 2.0 Provides Expanded Access to Resources and Information on Land Investments

 

The sun rises behind an electric power windmill in Halle, Belgium September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yves H
11 May 2021
Global

Demand for funds which cherry pick investments with strong environmental, social or governance (ESG) credentials has surged in recent years.

Many of these funds include terms such as 'ethical' or 'impact' in their names. But what do these words actually mean?

Below is a glossary of the key terms often used to describe investment styles and processes.

 

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