Plantations

‘When a person dies, a library is lost’ is an adage in oral history that underpins and motivates this thesis. Not only is personal history lost but also social history. This thesis explores the use of oral history methods to record personal and professional histories in Solomon …

This thesis consists of three essays, each of which examines a significant event in the economic history of Indonesia using economic theory and econometric methods. In the first essay, production functions for sugar in four major sugar-producing residencies of Cultivation System…

Rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis (Wild ex Adr. De Juss) Muell Arg.) plantations in Malaysia are important sources of natural rubber and wood products. Effective management and appropriate policy for these resources require reliable information on resource dynamics and forecasts o…