R A Cramb
Biographic Data
| ID | 148752 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R A Cramb |
| GIVEN NAMES | R A |
| FAMILY NAME | Cramb |
| SIGNATURE | CRAMB R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | a The University of Queensland , Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 259 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The mouse deer and the crocodile
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Re-Inventing Dualism
The policy narrative underpinning the current rapid expansion of large-scale, private, oil palm plantations in Sarawak, Malaysia, implies a dualistic conception of the agrarian transformation underway, such as prevailed in the 1950s. This narrative is inconsistent with the history of smallholder commercialisation in Sarawak. Post-1981 policy has sought to limit smallholder development and deliver large land areas to private estates, thus ‘re-inve…
Policy narratives, landholder engagement, and oil palm expansion on the Malaysian and Indonesian frontiers
Over recent decades a structural transformation has affected agriculture in the frontier areas of Malaysian Borneo and Outer Island Indonesia with the rapid conversion of agricultural lands, fallows, and formerly forested areas into oil palm. These frontiers have similar positions in the international political economy of oil palm and have complementary resource endowments. In both cases, state planners face the common challenges of finding a dis…
Swidden Change in Southeast Asia
Swidden Transformations and Rural Livelihoods in Southeast Asia
Conservation Farming Projects in the Philippine Uplands
Remoteness and rural development
>Although Sarawak has a rapidly growing economy, the benefits of growth have been focused largely in the urban centres. However, the majority of the population lives in rural areas, where poverty, although on the decline, prevails. Attention is given to the role of rural roads in countering remoteness and, hence, promoting more equitable development. To assess the impact of rural roads, two roads were used for comparison. One provided Iban commun…
The role of traditional institutions in rural development
Explaining Variations in Bornean Land Tenure
Development in Sarawak
Policy narratives, landholder engagement, and oil palm expansion on the Malaysian and Indonesian frontiers
Over recent decades a structural transformation has affected agriculture in the frontier areas of Malaysian Borneo and Outer Island Indonesia with the rapid conversion of agricultural lands, fallows, and formerly forested areas into oil palm. These frontiers have similar positions in the international political economy of oil palm and have complementary resource endowments. In both cases, state planners face the common challenges of finding a dis…
Swidden Transformations and Rural Livelihoods in Southeast Asia
Swidden Change in Southeast Asia
The role of traditional institutions in rural development
The mouse deer and the crocodile
Palmed Off
Conservation Farming Projects in the Philippine Uplands
Remoteness and rural development
>Although Sarawak has a rapidly growing economy, the benefits of growth have been focused largely in the urban centres. However, the majority of the population lives in rural areas, where poverty, although on the decline, prevails. Attention is given to the role of rural roads in countering remoteness and, hence, promoting more equitable development. To assess the impact of rural roads, two roads were used for comparison. One provided Iban commun…
Explaining Variations in Bornean Land Tenure
Explaining Variations in Bornean Land Tenure
Development in Sarawak
The role of traditional institutions in rural development
Remoteness and rural development
>Although Sarawak has a rapidly growing economy, the benefits of growth have been focused largely in the urban centres. However, the majority of the population lives in rural areas, where poverty, although on the decline, prevails. Attention is given to the role of rural roads in countering remoteness and, hence, promoting more equitable development. To assess the impact of rural roads, two roads were used for comparison. One provided Iban commun…
Conservation Farming Projects in the Philippine Uplands
Policy narratives, landholder engagement, and oil palm expansion on the Malaysian and Indonesian frontiers
Over recent decades a structural transformation has affected agriculture in the frontier areas of Malaysian Borneo and Outer Island Indonesia with the rapid conversion of agricultural lands, fallows, and formerly forested areas into oil palm. These frontiers have similar positions in the international political economy of oil palm and have complementary resource endowments. In both cases, state planners face the common challenges of finding a dis…
Swidden Change in Southeast Asia
Swidden Transformations and Rural Livelihoods in Southeast Asia
Re-Inventing Dualism
The policy narrative underpinning the current rapid expansion of large-scale, private, oil palm plantations in Sarawak, Malaysia, implies a dualistic conception of the agrarian transformation underway, such as prevailed in the 1950s. This narrative is inconsistent with the history of smallholder commercialisation in Sarawak. Post-1981 policy has sought to limit smallholder development and deliver large land areas to private estates, thus ‘re-inve…
Palmed Off
The mouse deer and the crocodile
Geography (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Agriculture (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Asian Studies and History (4 works) · Land Rights and Reforms (4 works) · Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (4 works) · Agroforestry (3 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works)