Abstract Curtailing deforestation and the negative environmental and social externalities of oil palm expansion in the tropics requires a clear understanding of the associated economic benefits. Through analyzing regency-level panel data for 2005–2014 from rural Indonesia, we find that oil palm expansion has had a robust and positive impact on the provision of private goods (i.e., amenities owned and benefited by individual households), although not on the provision of most community goods (i.e., amenities owned by the community or the government and benefited by several households in the community). One possible reason for the weaker impact on the creation of community goods is the absence of differential government spending in the regencies cultivating oil palm. Policies that aim to regulate oil palm expansion should take into consideration the positive effects that the crop has on rural livelihoods through enabling access to private goods. On the other hand, the central and regional governments should not assume that the development of rural infrastructure can be instigated solely by the expanding plantation sector.

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油棕扩张对印度尼西亚农村私人和社区商品供应的影响

摘要 要减少热带地区的森林砍伐以及油棕扩张带来的负面环境和社会外部性，需要清楚地了解相关的经济效益。通过分析 2005 年至 2014 年印度尼西亚农村地区的摄政级面板数据，我们发现油棕扩张对私人商品（即个人家庭拥有和受益的便利设施）的提供产生了强劲而积极的影响，尽管对提供大多数社区商品（即社区或政府拥有并由社区中的几个家庭受益的便利设施）。对创造社区商品的影响较弱的一个可能原因是，在种植油棕的地区政府没有差别化的支出。旨在规范油棕扩张的政策应考虑到该作物通过获得私人物品对农村生计的积极影响。另一方面，中央和地方政府不应该认为农村基础设施的发展可以仅靠种植业的扩张来推动。