Article ID: CBB214717346

Justice and Fairness for Mkangawalo People: The Case of the Kilombero Large-scale Land Acquisition (LaSLA) Project in Tanzania (2021)

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Large-scale land acquisitions (LaSLA), otherwise ‘land grabbing’ in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), raise difficult normative questions the current literature does not sufficiently explore. LaSLA is associated with development opportunities; however, it also threatens the well-being of local people because of displacement and dispossession. To investigate the processes and outcomes for LaSLA to be considered as ‘just and fair,’ we evaluate the impacts of a LaSLA project on local livelihoods in Tanzania. Specifically, we apply John Rawls’ Theory of Justice to the project and compare the results with empirical insights gained from our fieldwork. We find that LaSLA has the potential to improve the living standards of local people, we cannot consider LaSLA as just and fair because it contradicts Rawls’s principles of justice and deteriorates the livelihoods of local people. Our findings suggest that it is critical to scrutinize LaSLA investments, involve local people in decision-making, and build the capacity of host governments to negotiate better LaSLA deals.

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Authors & Contributors
Hay, Travis
Doorn, Neelke
Tommaso Vidal
Taebi, Behnam
Margaret H. Friedel
Bieter, John P., Jr., Jr
Concepts
Land use
Science and government
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Land settlement
Science and economics
Science and politics
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
18th century
Medieval
Places
United States
Canada
Australia
Alaska (U.S.)
Western states (U.S.)
Idaho (U.S.)
Institutions
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) (Australia)
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