Date: March 6, 2013

This study focuses on the reported (as opposed to predicted or likely) social and environmental impacts of large-scale land transactions in Africa” with a focus on West and Central Africa. The core of the report is an analysis of 18 case studies that are among the best-documented LSLAs in terms of their impacts. These case studies cover Cameroon” Ghana” Liberia” Mali” Rwanda” Senegal” Sierra Leone” Mozambique” Tanzania” and Zambia. Impacts were classified into five groups: tenure impacts” land governance process and impacts” economic and livelihood impacts” human and sociocultural impacts” and environmental impacts.