Journal articles

  1. Suryadarma, D., and Edwards, R.B. (2022) “Social and Economic Impacts of Online Marketplaces on Women in Asia”, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, forthcoming (special issue editorial) [DOI]

  2. Hadiwidjaja, G., Falcon, W., Edwards, R.B., Higgins, M.M., and Naylor, R.L. (2022), “Using Conditional Cash Payments to Prevent Land-Clearing Fires: A Cautionary Tale from Indonesia”, with Grace Hadiwijaja, Wally Falcon, Matt Higgins, Roz Naylor, and Sudarno Sumarto, Agriculture, 12:7 [TNP2K working paper]

  3. Curtain, R., Edwards, R.B., Tani, M., and Withers, G (2022), “It is time for a new regional compact”, Australian Economic Review, May. [open access published version] [Parliamentary Library briefing]

  4. Halimatussadiah, A., Edwards, R.B., Maulia, R.F., and Moeis, F.R. (2022), “Agriculture, Development, and Sustainability in the COVID-19 Era”, Bulletin of Indonesia Economic Studies, April. [published version]

  5. Edwards, R.B. (2020) “Bubble in, bubble out: lessons for the global recovery and future crises from COVID-19 and the Pacific”, World Development, 135, November. [published version] [preprint]

  6. Edwards, R.B., Falcon, W.P., Higgins, M.M., and Naylor, R.L. (2020), “Causes of Indonesia’s Forest Fires”, World Development, 127, March. [published version]

  7. Naylor, R.L., Higgins, M.M., Edwards, R.B., and Falcon, W.P. (2019) “Decentralization and the environment: assessing smallholder oil palm development in Indonesia ”, Ambio, Jan, pp. 1—14. [published version]

  8. Edwards, R.B. (2017) “The Oil Palm Complex”, Journal of Southeast Asian Economies, 34: 2, pp. 430-431 [published version] [link to the e-book and publisher]

  9. Edwards, R.B. (2016) “Mining away the Preston curve”, World Development, 78, February 2018, pp. 22—36. [published version] [Wikipedia article]

Working papers

  1. “Export agriculture and rural poverty: evidence from Indonesian palm oil”, [paper] [slides]] [blog] Revised and Resubmitted (2nd round) at the Journal of International Economics

  2. “Fight fire with finance: a randomized field experiment to curtail land-clearing fire in Indonesia”, with Wally Falcon, Grace Hadiwidjaja, Matt Higgins, Roz Naylor, and Sudarno Sumarto (Stanford University, SMERU Research Institute, and TNP2K). [Trial Registration] [TTPI WP] [TNP2K WP] [short slides] [long slides] [webinar video] [policy talk] [policy brief] [Mongabay article] [podcast]. Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics

  3. “Spillovers from agricultural processing”, [SocArXiv preprint] [ACDE WP, July 2024] [short slides] [long slides]

  4. “Tongan remittances: channels, costs, and the potential gains from switching”, with Hiroshi Maeda and Daniel Suryadarma (ADBI) [Devpol DP] [ADBI WP] [slides] [blogs]

  5. “Narratives, information, and immigration policy preferences”, with Alyssa Leng and Terence Wood (ANU) [SocArXiv prepreint] [Devpol DP]

  6. “Seasonal work visas and the wages, employment, and mobility of incumbent workers”, with Toan Nguyen (ANU) [slides] [SocArXiv prepreint] [Devpol DP]

  7. “Temporary migration and expenditure patterns in Tonga”, with Hiroshi Maeda (JICA) [SocArXiv prepreint] [Devpol DP]

  8. “Vocational qualification supply, demand, and returns: the case of the Australia Pacific Training Coalition”, with Tunye Qui (ANU) [slides] [recording]

  9. “The place premium: evidence from three Pacific labour mobility schemes”, with Toan Nguyen (ANU), Dung Doan, and Matt Dornan (World Bank) [slides] [recording]

  10. “Global agricultural value chains and local forest loss dynamics: evidence on Indonesian palm oil factories”, with Shuhao Yang (ANU graduate)

  11. “Mining projects and local economic development in Papua New Guinea”, with Kelly Samof (University of Papua New Guinea)

Major research projects currently in the field

  1. “Agricultural productivity, poverty, and the environment”, with Alin Halimatussadiah (UI), Elan Satriawan (TNP2K and UGM), and Emilia Tjernstrom (Monash). Seed and pilot funding from J-PAL K-CAI and DFAT KONEKSI. Pilot in field late 2024.

  2. “Promoting employment and welfare for the poor in Papua New Guinea through assistance in international labor migration”, with Dean Yang (UMich), IPA, and the World Bank. Seed and pilot funding from J-PAL SPI; full-scale IE funding from DFAT. Pilot delayed to 2025.

  3. “The Pacific Labour Mobility Survey, Wave Two”, with the World Bank (multiple co-PIs). Funded by DFAT. Expanded to cover eight countries and in the field in 2025. Final report and data release 2026. [podcast]

Major completed field research projects

  1. Shifting migration attitudes and perceptions in Australia, with Alyssa Leng, Toan Nguyen, and Terence Wood (ANU). Paper, blogs, and data forthcoming.

  2. “The Remittance Diaries”, with Estelle Stambolie (ANU), Jonathan Morduch (NYU), Tim Ogden (NYU), and Hannah Postel (Stanford). Data collection complete. Report and papers forthcoming.

  3. “Small Firm Diaries”, with Jonathan Morduch (NYU), Tim Ogden (NYU), Neelesh Gounder (USP), and Estelle Stamobolie (ANU). [preliminary Fiji findings slides]. Report and papers forthcoming.

  4. “The Pacific Labour Mobility Survey, Wave One”, with the World Bank (multiple co-PIs). Financially supported by DFAT’s Pacific Research Program. [report] [two-pager] [blog] [launch slides] [launch video] [worker findings slides] [blogs on Devpolicy] [Canberra Times coverage] [VBTC coverage] [Radio New Zealand coverage] [podcast] Public data coming soon.

  5. “An experiment to curtail land-clearing fire in Indonesia”, with Stanford University (multiple co-PIs), Sampan Kalimantan, the Packard Foundation, and the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction, 2017—2019. Papers and other material above.