promoting accountability in agricultural investment chains: an introduction
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Promoting accountability in agricultural Investment chains 1
Author nameDatePhilippine Sutz11 Sept. 2015
IIED Webinar 11 September 2015
Promoting Accountability in Agricultural Investment Chains: an introduction
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What do we mean by ‘investment chain’?
Concept developed by IIED in a 2014 report entitled ‘Understanding agricultural investment chains: Lessons to improve governance’
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Large scale agricultural investments involve a vast array of actors spread across multiple countries and markets
Investment chain: the network of all the actors making any one investment project possible
An investment chain is like a stream where money flows in both directions
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Why are investment chains useful for accountability?Agricultural investments: negative impacts on local communities • WHO to hold into account?• HOW to go about doing this?
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Mapping an investment chain can help identifying important actors and understand the role they play in the project
Helps identifying ‘pressure points’
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What is a pressure point? Pressure points are the actors and relationships that can be targeted or used to influence the outcome of an investment
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Following the Money
Practical guide for advocates to securing
accountability in agricultural investments
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Following the Money
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Animation: Promoting accountability in agricultural investment chains
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