The author demonstrates how the development of the Indonesian automotive industry has been influenced by two often competing and contradictory policy objectives: to deepen the industry's production structure and to include as much as possible small firms in the production process. He finds that...

The author explores how the trade and policy regime created by state planners has shaped Indonesia's industrial development. Until recently, historical factors have encouraged state economic intervention to guide development. Unlike the strongly inward-looking import substitution strategy that...

After describing the place and role of the transmigration policy within national development planning in Indonesia, the author examines its implementation in the province of Riau. He describes how the economic rationale for the programme has been subordinated to security and strategic concerns....

After discussing economic take-off in terms of sustainable development, the authors focus on employment creation in the Outer Islands. They describe how three long-term trends have given the employment issue special importance in the regions: an increase in the working-age population; a...