Creating a public tool to assess and promote transparency in global land deals : the experience of the Land Matrix

dc.contributor.authorAnseeuw, Ward, 1974-
dc.contributor.authorLay, Jann
dc.contributor.authorMesserli, Peter
dc.contributor.authorGiger, Markus
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Michael
dc.contributor.emailward.anseeuw@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-18T08:00:35Z
dc.date.available2016-10-18T08:00:35Z
dc.date.issued2013-06
dc.description.abstractThe Beta version of the Land Matrix (Land Matrix 2012) was launched in April 2012 as a tool to promote public participation in building a constantly evolving database on large-scale land deals, and making the data visible and understandable. The aim of the Land Matrix partnership is to promote transparency and open data in decisionmaking over land and investment, as a step towards greater accountability. Since its launch, the Land Matrix has attracted a high degree of attention, and stirred some controversy. It provides valuable lessons on the challenges and benefits of promoting open data on practices that are often shrouded in secrecy. This paper critically examines the ongoing efforts by the Land Matrix partnership to build a public tool to promote greater transparency in decision-making over land and investment at a global level. It intends to provoke discussion of the extent to which such a tool can ultimately promote greater transparency and be a step towards greater accountability and improved decision-making. It will present the Land Matrix and its value addition, before detailing the challenges it encountered related to the measurement of the largescale land acquisition phenomenon. It will then specify how it intends to address these issues in order to establish a dynamic and participatory tool for open developmenten_ZA
dc.description.departmentAgricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Developmenten_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fjps20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWard Anseeuw, Jann Lay, Peter Messerli, Markus Giger & Michael Taylor (2013) Creating a public tool to assess and promote transparency in global land deals:the experience of the Land Matrix, The Journal of Peasant Studies, 40:3, 521-530, DOI:10.1080/03066150.2013.803071.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0306-6150 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1743-9361(online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/03066150.2013.803071
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/57339
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© 2013 Taylor and Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 521-530, 2013. doi : 10.1080/03066150.2013.803071. Journal of Peasant Studies is available online at : : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fjps20.en_ZA
dc.subjectLand Matrixen_ZA
dc.subjectLand observatoryen_ZA
dc.subjectLand dealsen_ZA
dc.subjectTransparencyen_ZA
dc.subjectOpen dataen_ZA
dc.subjectOpen developmenten_ZA
dc.titleCreating a public tool to assess and promote transparency in global land deals : the experience of the Land Matrixen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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