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This paper studies the variation in village head selection rules across Indonesia using panel data over 1997–2007. The …
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Indonesia experienced growing shortfalls of food supplies during the 1950s and during the 1960s and 1970s it imported … increasing amounts of rice, wheat and wheat flour. This paper investigates the role of food aid in this development. In the 1950s,Indonesia … supply food aid as grants,Indonesia did not request such food aid until 1966. Donations of wheat flour, rice and other food …
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Employment generation has been a challenge in Indonesia since the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC), especially in labor …
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longitudinal dataset on Indonesia, we find strong negative effects of child labor on the growth of both numeracy and cognitive …
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The Asia-Pacific region is the major source of global growth in greenhouse gas emissions. Strong action is needed in Asian countries, particularly China and India, to reduce these global emissions. Driven by the desire to limit energy consumption, some Asian countries already have domestic...
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the incorporation of (Dutch) west New Guinea into the Republic of Indonesia in 1963. …
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We assess the financial risk of ill health for households in Indonesia, the role of informal coping strategies, and the …
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This paper examines the experience of Indonesia during two major crisis episodes, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis … and the 2008-09 global economic recession. In the first episode, Indonesia experienced a deep economic and political …
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Indonesia, private sector salaries are highly progressive with respect to increasing levels of responsibility, whereas the civil …
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This paper argues that recent increases in international food prices worsened poverty incidence in Indonesia, even … effect on poor consumers. Indonesia’s ban on rice imports since 2004 complicates this account. The import ban shielded … Indonesia’s internal rice market from the temporary world price increases from 2007 to 2008, but did so at the expense of …
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