Land-use dynamics, economic development, and institutional change in rural communities - evidence from the Indonesian oil palm sector

This dissertation is an empirical investigation of the implications of the Indonesian oil palm sector for rural village communities located in Jambi province, on the island of Sumatra. It consists of three contributions to the scientific literature on land-use dynamics, economic development, and institutional change. In Chapter 1, I introduce the reader to the general topic of this research and give a brief overview of the development of the Indonesian oil palm sector, embedded in a historical context. I further outline how this study contributes to the existing literature and present the o...