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Title: Export agriculture and rural poverty: evidence from Indonesian palm oil
Citation Type: Miscellaneous
Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: This paper measures the impacts of the world's largest modern agricultural export expansion-that of Indonesian palm oil since 2000-on poverty and consumption in producing communities. Identification exploits external demand growth and geographic differences in cultivation suitability. The median expansion led to 2.7 percentage points faster poverty reduction and 4 percent faster consumption growth. My estimates suggest that growth in the palm oil sector lifted around 2.6 million rural Indonesians from poverty this century. Results can be explained by rising returns to labor and land, and indirect effects through household investment, local government revenue, and rural economic and social infrastructure.
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Authors: Edwards, Ryan B
Publisher: Dartmouth College
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Poverty and Welfare
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