The Oil Palm Complex: Smallholders, Agribusiness and the State in Indonesia and Malaysia Martha Avery Chief Inspector Chen

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The Oil Palm Complex: Smallholders, Agribusiness and the State in Indonesia and Malaysia Martha Avery Chief Inspector ChenThe oil palm industry has transformed rural livelihoods and landscapes across wide swathes of Indonesia and Malaysia, generating wealth along with economic, social, and environmental controversy. Who benefits and who loses from oil palm development? Can oil palm development provide a basis for inclusive and sustainable rural development? Based on detailed studies of specific communities and plantations and an analysis of the regional political economy