Palmed Off: Incentive Problems with Joint-Venture Schemes for Oil Palm Development on Customary Land

World Development

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 84-99

  Cramb, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Customary tenure; Joint ventures; Malaysia; Oil palm; Principal agent problem; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGROFORESTRY; INCENTIVE; INVESTMENT; JOINT VENTURE; LAND TENURE; LANDHOLDING; PLANTATION; STATE ROLE;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84875387607     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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