This study is using the case of one country, i.e., Indonesia. It describes how that country’seconomic policies evolved and why some of them may have planted the seeds for the subsequent crisis.The paper also discusses the dynamics and sequence of events that took place during the episode....

Most studies attempting to link macroeconomic trends—particularly growth—and poverty have used aggregate cross-country data and unsophisticated regression models with limited usefulness for policy analyses. They do not really explain the mechanisms through which growth, let alone...