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CSEAS Friday Forum Lecture Series, Co-Sponsored by The Department of Geography, UW-Madison

"Variegated Transitions of Agrarian Capitalism: The Rubber Boom and Bust in Northern Laos" by Miles Kenney-Lazar, Assistant Professor of Geography, National University of Singapore

Event Details

Date
Friday, March 29, 2019
Time
12-1:30 p.m.
Location
Description
Over the past two decades, the rubber tree as a cash crop in Southeast Asia has expanded from its longstanding bases in southern Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia to new sites of cultivation in southern China, Northeast Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar, driven by favorable government policies and high prices. A price crash since 2011, however, has prompted a reassessment of the potential for the crop to help the rural poor across these regions improve their livelihoods. This presentation hi
Cost
Free

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