The 1997-98 Asian financial crisis triggered Indonesia’s sharpest economic contraction on record. Before the crisis Indonesia was one of East Asia’s fastest industrialisers; now it is one of the slowest.

Examining patterns of industrialisation since the crisis, this research finds diverse trends across sectors. Once a leading sector in the economy, manufacturing is now an average performer. Textiles, clothing and footwear have performed poorly, and outcomes within resource-based activities have been mixed. By contrast, electronics and the automotive industry have grown strongly. Researchers also found that the commercial policy environment has become less supportive of new entrants, start-up projects and risk-taking.

New policy briefs available:

2009

• Making law in regional parliaments
• Revitalising social security via growth in the micro insurance industry
• Local political parties in Indonesia: the Aceh test case
• Evidence-based decision making to trengthen local governance: nutritional health interventions in Bantul and Gunungkidul
• Improving district and municipal governance in Indonesia: the role of public sector accounting reform
• Climate change, food security and income distribution: adaptations of small rice farmers
• Governing madrasah
• Decentralisation and recentralisation of forest management: impact and implications in Kutai Barat and Gunungkidul
• Towards sharable and longitudinal medical records for e-health in Indonesia using an Australian-based openEHR standard
• 'Governing favours': An investigation of accountability mechanisms in local government budget allocation in Indonesia
• Estimating the impact of local social infrastructure with repeated cross-sectional data: a case study of Kota Mataram
• Regional autonomy and local resource mobilisation in eastern Indonesia
• Social capital and marine resources among coastal communities in eastern Indonesia
• Impacts of Government Rice Subsidy Program (RASKIN) on Food Security of Two Villages in West Timor
• Social security policy rejuvenation through accelerated growth in the micro-insurance industry

AIGRP Student and Alumni Essay Competition 2009:

• Winners announced:
  AIGRP Student and Alumni Essay Competition

2009 Young Scholars Workshop:

• Young Scholars