Inducing development: Social remittances and the expansion of oil palm

• Main Authors: Montefrio, Marvin Joseph F., Ortiga, Yamin Y., Josol, Ma. Rose Cristy B.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: Social capital (Sociology)—Philippines—Palawan; Palm oil industry—Philippines—Palawan; Foreign workers, Filipino—Malaysia—Sabah
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/8319
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper investigates the relationships between social remittances and land-use change in the context of South-South migration. Focusing on the cyclical movement of Filipino oil palm workers between the Philippine province of Palawan and the Malaysian State of Sabah, we show how migrants transmit...