Diagnosing the Indonesian Economy

Hal Hill is the H.W. Arndt Professor of Southeast Asian Economies at the Australian National University. His general research areas are the ASEAN economies, especially Indonesia and the Philippines; industrialization and foreign investment in East Asia; and Australia’s economic relations with the Asia and Pacific region.Muhammad Ehsan Khan is a Principal Economist in the Economics and Research Department at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and has served as a Project Economist in ADB’s Southeast Asia Department. He is leading ADB’s work in the area of development diagnostics.Juzhong Zhuang is the Deputy Chief Economist in ADB’s Economics and Research Department. He has served as a Principal Economist and Senior Economist in ADB’s Office of Regional Economic Integration.

• Foreword – Changyong Rhee; Preface; Author Profiles; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1. Introduction – Hal Hill, Muhammad Ehsan Khan, and Juzhong Zhuang; 2. Development Policies and Performance – Hal Hill and Maria Rowena M. Cham; 3. Critical Constraints to Growth – Muhammad Ehsan Khan, Juzhong Zhuang, Maria Rowena M. Cham, Niny Khor, and Imelda Maidir; 4. Critical Constraints to Reducing Poverty and Inequality – Yoko Niimi and Kazutoshi Chatani; 5. Macroeconomic Management – Edimon Ginting and Priasto Aji; 6. Industrialization: Patterns, Issues, and Constraints – Haryo Aswicahyono, Hal Hill, and Dionisius Narjoko; 7. Infrastructure Development: Challenges and the Way Forward – Areef Suleman and Zafar Iqbal; 8. Human Capital and Economic Development – Kazutoshi Chatani; 9. Economic Growth, Employment Creation, and Poverty Alleviation – Kazutoshi Chatani; 10. Poverty Reduction: The Track Record and Way Forward – Asep Suryahadi, Athia Yumna, Umbu Reku Raya, and Deswanto Marbun; 11. Decentralization – Tariq Niazi; 12. Making Indonesia’s Growth Green and Resilient – Suphachol Suphachalasai, Juzhong Zhuang, Jindra Nuella Samson, Rizaldi Boer, and Chris Hope; Index

‘[Aimed] at students, academics, journalists and business people who are new to Indonesia, and need a handy one-volume compendium on the main features of the economy, and the key policy debates.’ —Anne Booth, SOAS, University of London, in ‘Aseasuk News’