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The areas of Indonesia where Dutch colonial rulers built a huge sugar-producing industry in the 1800s remain more economically productive today than other parts of the country, according to a study co-authored by an MIT economist.
Read the article: http://news.mit.edu/2020/sugar-factories-colonial-indonesia-olken-dell-0206
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The areas of Indonesia where Dutch colonial rulers built a huge sugar-producing industry in the 1800s remain more economically productive today than other parts of the country, according to a study co-authored by an MIT economist.
Read the article: http://news.mit.edu/2020/sugar-factories-colonial-indonesia-olken-dell-0206
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