Land issues in voluntary standards for investments in agriculture
Man, Reinier de
This paper discusses the effectiveness of private sector initiatives for voluntary regulation in relation to the governance structure of those initiatives. It analyzes examples from private sector initiatives and commodity supply chain initiatives (on forest products, palm oil, soy, cotton, etc.) and ask how relevant these initiatives are for voluntary regulation of land issues in agricultural investments. The article concludes that present financial initiatives are weak on land issues. Although commodity related initiatives contain land related criteria, they are not effective because of the missing link with governments. The Extractive Industries Initiative EITI appears to provide a promising governance model.
Event: Annual Bank Conference on Land Policy and Administration
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