This paper is a political-economy analysis of economic recovery in Indonesia. It argues that the speed of recovery after the crisis of 1997 depends in part on the ability of Indonesia's institutions to manage political heterogeneity. This need to manage heterogeneity was much less important...

This paper provides a preliminary assessment of long- term ODA flows to Indonesia. ODA consists of bilateral and multilateral aid, but this paper focuses specifically on multilateral agencies like the World Bank or the ADB and Japan. The rationale for this approach is that the World Bank and the...

An overview of the direction of financial cooperation in relation to international trade cooperation, and its relevance to Indonesia

The paper provides an assessment of the IMF-led economic program by way of reconstructing the events that shaped the relationship between the Soeharto, Habibie and Abdurahman Wahid governments and the IMF in negotiating and implementing the adjustment packages. Particular attention is paid to an...

In the Fifth Summit of the ASEAN Plus Tree (APT) Leaders, the vision for an East Asian community - i.e., an East Asia that moves "from a region of nations to a bona fide regional community with shared challenges, common aspirations, and a parallel destiny" was articulated. Various motivations...

Against the popular perception that the New Order economic policymaking was subservient to the interests of capital and oriented towards the market, empirical analysis suggests that economic policymaking of the era was indeed centralistic and state-centered. While capital owners could influence...

This essay examines the question of whether Canada should also form an FTA with ASEAN. The first section will provide an update on the status of the various FTA agreements that ASEAN has signed since 2002. This will be followed by an examination of these FTA agreements in relation to the ASEAN...

This paper examines problems and policies in regard to energy development under regional autonomy, distributions - in the sense of distributional or equity issues, poverty alleviation, subsidies, and corporate social responsibilities. The paper examines the problem from a simplified perspective,...

This paper presents a discussion on some poverty alleviation programs that are specifically targeted to the poor. The programs covered in this paper are: Inpres Desa Tertinggal (IDT), Padat Karya (Employment), Food Security, Education and Health component of the post-crisis Social Safety Net...

This paper uses simulations based on a GTAP model to reproduce the economic crisis in Southeast Asia, and in particular in Indonesia. The model is a static-real sector model, so the focus of the simulation is on the declining investment and the declining prices of non-traded goods during the...