City studies since 2005 - Airport -- Passenger demand analysis, $12,590; Airline retention and additional flight analysis, $11,685; Agricultural land lease survey, $2,000; Pavement condition index study, $17,151. - Economic Development -- Millwork District Master Plan, $149,500 ($15,000 city funds); Intermodal site selection, $45,439; Passenger rail station study, $6,000. - Engineering -- East-West Corridor Connectivity Study, $290,000; Alternative energy study for water pollution control plant, $60,000; Millwork District initial energy analysis, $65,000; Port of Dubuque marina, $153,918; Levee system, $122,265; Southwest Arterial studies, $3.6 million. - Fire Department -- Emergency response and deployment study, $55,000. - Health Services -- Dubuque Community Youth Assessment, $2...
Uwe Hoering, a German researcher on development policy for several European NGOs, including the news letter Weltwirtschaft und Entwicklung (World Economy and Development), called these investments "a new form of agrarian colonialism.
On the one hand, "Africa possesses enormous land reserves," Hoering stated. "According to the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organisation, only about 14 percent of the suited land in the continent is presently cultivated."
In July 2008, Daewoo leased 1.3 million hectare in Madagascar, about the nalf of the island's territory, to cultivate maize and palm oil," Hoering said. "Daewoo paid a symbolic price for the land. Allegedly, as compensation for the land lease, it is going to invest in public infrastructure."
According to the United Nations' Food ...