Industrialisation after a deep economic crisis: Indonesia

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.

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SME recovery after the Yogya earthquake

This project surveyed 500 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bantul district seven months after the Yogyakarta earthquake.

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Defining Corporate Social Responsibility

Over the past few years, a scholarly and policy-oriented debate has emerged in Indonesia about what corporate social responsibility means in an Indonesian context and how it can best be implemented. The purpose of this research is to contribute to this emerging debate by outlining the different approaches that can be taken to corporate social responsibility. It will assess the likely implications of these different approaches for Indonesia’s attempts to reduce poverty, and identify the main political and social obstacles to Indonesia’s adoption and implementation of approaches that promise maximum benefit in terms of poverty reduction.

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Harnessing Islamic microfinance

Islamic micro-credit cooperatives (Baitul Maal Wat Tamwil or BMT) are emergent microfinance providers in Indonesia. They are grass-root developments supported by the funds from Islamic community members to support petty traders in their vicinity.

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Livelihood Recovery after Natural Disasters and the Role of Aid: The Case of the 2006 Yogyakarta Earthquake

The 27 May 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake caused the death of more than 5.7 thousand people, more than 60 thousand people were injured and hundreds of thousands lost their houses.

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