Institutional development · Research, innovation and assessment · United Kingdom
Manchester study of 14 African countries finds investment used to tighten land control
University of Manchester research covering 14 sub-Saharan countries reports that governments are using investment, infrastructure and conservation to strengthen their control over land and communities.
Why it matters: Governments and communities in the 14 sub-Saharan countries covered are the subject of the study's findings on how land control is being strengthened.
The University of Manchester has published research spanning 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
According to the university, the research finds that governments are using investment, infrastructure and conservation to tighten their control over land and communities.
The university presents the work as showing how foreign investment can strengthen the control African governments hold over land.
Editor’s view
Richard Davies, Policy and Finance Editor
The study concerns governments and communities across 14 sub-Saharan countries; the university reports that investment, infrastructure and conservation are being used there to strengthen state control over land and the people living on it.
