• Preface; Part I. Setting the Scene: 1. Labour market issues in Indonesian development; 2. Economic development and labour markets: international experience; Part II. Economic Growth and Labour Market Dynamics: 3. Economic and social transformation: a remarkable record; 4. New jobs and rising productivity: the formal-informal sector divide; 5. Wage growth in a labour surplus economy?; 6. Labour market structure and institutions; 7. Unemployment and under-employment: pressing problems?; 8. Protecting and controlling workers in a labour surplus economy; 9. More women in the work force: regress or progress?; Part III. Lessons from the Indonesian Case: 10. Rapid economic growth and labour outcomes; References.

"This is the most comprehensive and authoritative study I know of the role of labor in the economic development of a major country. It could only have been written by someone who knows the complex Indonesian situation well. Chris Manning is an Australian economist who has worked on Indonesian labor topics for over two decades. his satisfying work is not only a comprehensive analysis of the Indonesian case but also a source of important insights into labor's role in development more generally." Donald R. Snodgrass, Journal of Asian Business