1 Introduction: land grabbing as institutional transformation
2 The policy context: feeding Africa while doing business – the anti-politics of large-scale land acquisitions
3 Chasing the evolutionary role of chiefs in local land relations
4 Implementation of a land deal in a plural legal setting
5 "They said they were bringing a development project" – the evolution of local livelihoods and impacts of the large-scale land investment
6 Conclusion: contested land deals, gendered power relations
7 Epilogue: from research to action
Kristina Lanz is a Senior Policy Advisor for Alliance Sud, where she works on issues relating to development cooperation, development banks and sustainable international development. Within this role, she advises federal offices, members of parliament and the federal council of Switzerland. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Berne, Switzerland.
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