Rapport d'expertise

Indonesia : the world Bank’s failed East Asian miracle

Oakland Institute | 2018 |
Indonesia : the world Bank’s failed East Asian miracle

This report details how Bank-backed policy reforms have led to the displacement, criminalization, and even murder of smallholder farmers and indigenous defenders to make way for mega-agricultural projects.

While Indonesia’s rapidly expanding palm oil sector has been heralded as a boon for the economy, its price tag includes massive deforestation, widespread loss of indigenous land, rapidly increasing greenhouse gas emissions, and more.

Read the report here.