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Consolidated Financial Statements of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2008-2009
The Consolidated Financial Statements of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, reflecting the year ending March 31, 2009.
Public Policy Influence of International Development Networks: Review of IDRC Experience (1995-2005)
A Thirst for Distant Lands: Foreign investment in agricultural land and water
This paper examines how water is the main driver behind a new wave of foreign investment in the agriculture sector. Investors have made it clear that acquiring land without water resources has no economic value. Governments with scarce or depleted water resources are actively acquiring fertile land with abundant water resources. What is often referred to as the "great global land grab" may actually turn out to be a "water grab."