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...

This paper will discuss the major factors, which affect Indonesia's industrial competitiveness, specifically the determinants of its industrial technology development, which is crucial to raising Indonesia's competitiveness. After a brief overview of industrial development before and after the...

This book contains a collection of papers on various aspects of Indonesia's economic and its industrial development. It discusses the early independence period in the 1950s; the Soeharto era (1966-1998); and the ensuing two economic crises, namely the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997/98 and the...