Custom and capital: A financial appraisal of alternative arrangements for large-scale oil palm development on customary land in Sarawak, Malaysia

Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-69

  Cramb, Rob A ^a   Ferraro, Deanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Carbon Energy   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Joint ventures; Malaysia; Managed smallholders; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864276128     PISSN: 15114554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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