The land market in Latin America and the Caribbean: concentration and foreignization

Gómez, S.

The land market in Latin America and the Caribbean: concentration and foreignization

Year of publication 2014

Pages 137 p.

Author Gómez, S.

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-108615-5

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The present publication is the sequel to the book “Dinámicas del mercado de la tierra en América Latina yel Caribe: concentración y extranjerización”, published by the Regional Office of FAO in June 2012. The publication included national case studies on the dynamics of land concentration over the past five years in seventeen countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The studies had been commissioned by FAO. The current publication analyses the main trends in land market dynamics as well as the processes of land concentration and foreignization, which had been identified in the earlier case studies.

Language English

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