Community-investor business models: Lessons from the oil palm sector in East Malaysia Fadzilah Majid Cooke, Sumei Toh and Justine Vaz Enabling poor rural people to overcome poverty Community-investor business models: Lessons from the oil palm sector in East Malaysia Fadzilah Majid Cooke, Sumei Toh and Justine Vaz Community-investor business models: Lessons from the oil palm sector in East Malaysia First published by the International Institute for Environment and Development (UK) in 2011 Copyright © International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) All rights reserved ISBN: 978-1-84369-841-8 ISSN: 2225-739X For copies of this publication, please contact IIED: International Institute for Environment and Development 80-86 Gray’s Inn Road London WC1X 8NH United Kingdom Email:
[email protected] www.iied.org/pubs IIED order no.: 12570IIED A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Citation: Majid Cooke, F., Toh, S. and Vaz, J. (2011) Community-investor business models: Lessons from the oil palm sector in East Malaysia. IIED/IFAD/FAO/ Universiti Malaysia Sabah, London/Rome/Kota Kinabalu. Cover photo: A worker collects loose fruit at an oil palm plantation in Malaysia © Puah Sze Ning (www.szening.com) Cartography: C. D’Alton Design: Smith+Bell (www.smithplusbell.com) Printing: Park Communications (www.parkcom.co.uk). Printed with vegetable oil based inks on Chorus Lux, an FSC certified paper bleached using a chlorine free process. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), or the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS).